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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 2, 2012Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2012, 4:39 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 66 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2012, 4:39 PM MDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2012, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 2, 4:52 PM MDTHAIL 14 E Sheridan Lake, COCORRECTION FOR SPOTTER LOCATION.
Jun 2, 4:52 PM MDTHAIL 1Sheridan Lake, CO
Jun 2, 5:10 PM MDTHAIL 1.254 E Sheridan Lake, CO
Jun 2, 5:10 PM MDTHAIL 1.510 Ne Sheridan Lake, CO
Jun 2, 5:38 PM MDTTSTM WND DMG16 E Eads, COPOWER POLE SNAPPED HWY 96 MILE MARKER 182

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 2, 2:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 184 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2012-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2012-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

853 
WUUS55 KPUB 022239
SVRPUB
COC061-099-022345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0047.120602T2239Z-120602T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
439 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 545 PM MDT

* AT 436 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
  SOUTH OF SHERIDAN LAKE...OR 26 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...AND   
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 
  LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF QUEENS RESERVOIR AND WAS ALSO MOVING 
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SHERIDAN LAKE AND TOWNER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3810 10228 3815 10271 3829 10268 3863 10249
      3862 10221 3863 10219 3857 10203 3829 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 230DEG 21KT 3837 10230
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$
1 follow-up statement
166 
WWUS55 KPUB 022305
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
505 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012

COC061-099-022345-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120602T2345Z/
PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO-
505 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KIOWA
AND NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM MDT...

AT 459 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5
MILES EAST OF SHERIDAN LAKE...OR 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 
MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF QUEENS RESERVOIR AND WAS ALSO MOVING TO THE 
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  

IN ADDITION...AT 452 PM QUARTER SIZE WAS REPORTED IN SHERIDAN LAKE 
WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TOWNER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3810 10228 3815 10271 3829 10268 3863 10249
      3862 10221 3863 10219 3857 10203 3829 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 223DEG 23KT 3849 10217
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 2:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas29 min
Jun 2, 2:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas27 min
Jun 2, 3:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero, Pueblo45 min
Jun 2, 3:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers41 min
Jun 2, 4:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers38 min
Jun 2, 4:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Prowers27 min
Jun 2, 4:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Las Animas26 min
Jun 2, 4:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers53 min
Jun 2, 5:09 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa39 min
Jun 2, 5:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers45 min
Jun 2, 5:27 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa34 min
Jun 2, 5:34 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers13 min
Jun 2, 5:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Prowers38 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.