Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2012, 5:09 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2012, 5:09 PM MDT (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2012, 5:53 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 267 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
- 72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -389 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2428 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
396 WUUS55 KPUB 062309 SVRPUB COC071-070015- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0054.120606T2309Z-120607T0015Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 509 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 615 PM MDT * AT 506 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 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THATCHER...OR 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF TRINIDAD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL 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 3763 10371 3751 10335 3729 10387 3744 10399 TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 237DEG 14KT 3742 10383 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$
3 follow-up statements
142 WWUS55 KPUB 062322 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 522 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 COC071-070015- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-120607T0015Z/ LAS ANIMAS CO- 522 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM MDT... AT 520 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THATCHER...OR 37 MILES SOUTH OF LA JUNTA...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3732 10380 3746 10396 3763 10371 3751 10335 TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 202DEG 18KT 3749 10379 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$
153 WWUS55 KPUB 062335 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 535 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 COC071-070015- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-120607T0015Z/ LAS ANIMAS CO- 535 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM MDT... AT 533 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 17 MILES EAST OF THATCHER...OR 31 MILES SOUTH OF LA JUNTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN 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 3735 10372 3750 10390 3763 10371 3751 10335 TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 215DEG 27KT 3757 10371 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ STARK
616 WWUS55 KPUB 062353 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 553 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 COC071-070002- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-120607T0015Z/ LAS ANIMAS CO- 553 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR TRINCHERA. LAT...LON 3735 10372 3750 10390 3763 10371 3751 10335 TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 218DEG 9KT 3757 10373 $$ 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, 4:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 34 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 |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.