Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2012, 4:56 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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 6, 2012, 4:56 PM MDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2012, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 4:56 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 1 E Segundo, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 283 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
543 WUUS55 KPUB 062256 SVRPUB COC071-062330- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0053.120606T2256Z-120606T2330Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 456 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 530 PM MDT * AT 452 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 NEAR SEGUNDO...OR 13 MILES WEST OF TRINIDAD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. 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 3699 10477 3711 10487 3723 10461 3699 10433 TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 321DEG 11KT 3710 10471 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ STARK
2 follow-up statements
292 WWUS55 KPUB 062310 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 510 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 COC071-062330- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-120606T2330Z/ LAS ANIMAS CO- 510 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM MDT... AT 506 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF SEGUNDO...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRINIDAD...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 12. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3717 10461 3699 10433 3699 10477 3708 10485 TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 338DEG 9KT 3708 10473 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ STARK
636 WWUS55 KPUB 062329 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 529 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 COC071-062338- /O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-120606T2330Z/ LAS ANIMAS CO- 529 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM MDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM MDT. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF TRINCHERA AND ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF THATCHER. LAT...LON 3717 10461 3699 10433 3699 10477 3708 10485 TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 338DEG 9KT 3704 10471 $$ STARK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 63 min |
| Jun 6, 5:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 5:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 61 min |
| Jun 6, 5:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 33 min |
Nearby
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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.