Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2012, 6:51 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 54 min. 26 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 6, 2012, 6:51 PM MDT (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2012, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 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, 6:51 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Ssw Black Forest, CO | |
| Jun 6, 6:52 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 7 Nne Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Jun 6, 6:53 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 6 Nne Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Jun 6, 6:54 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Ssw Black Forest, CO | |
| Jun 6, 6:56 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 7 Nne Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Jun 6, 6:59 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 5 Ne Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Jun 6, 6:59 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 6 Nne Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Jun 6, 7:01 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Ne Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Jun 6, 7:02 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 8 Ne Colorado Springs, CO | STARTED AT 656 PM MDT. |
| Jun 6, 7:02 PM MDT | HAIL 1.25 | 7 Ne Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Jun 6, 7:04 PM MDT | HAIL 1.5 | 3 Ene Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Jun 6, 7:10 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 N Peterson Afb, CO | |
| Jun 6, 7:10 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 3 N Peterson Afb, CO | |
| Jun 6, 7:13 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 Sw Black Forest, CO | |
| Jun 6, 7:13 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 6 Nne Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Jun 6, 7:14 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 Nnw Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Jun 6, 7:14 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Nnw Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Jun 6, 7:19 PM MDT | HAIL 1.25 | 4 Ene Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Jun 6, 7:19 PM MDT | HAIL 1.5 | 7 Ne Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Jun 6, 7:19 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 6 Ne Colorado Springs, CO | HOME GUTTERS BEING RIPPED OFF OF HOUSE BY HAIL FALL. |
| Jun 6, 7:20 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 Ne Peterson Afb, CO | |
| Jun 6, 7:21 PM MDT | HAIL 1.25 | 5 Nnw Peterson Afb, CO | |
| Jun 6, 7:26 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 Ne Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Jun 6, 7:30 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Ssw Black Forest, CO | 720 TO 724PM MDT |
| Jun 6, 7:49 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Ne Colorado Springs, CO | 1.50 INCHES OF RAIN. |
| Jun 6, 7:49 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 Ne Colorado Springs, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 859 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2447 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
184 WUUS55 KPUB 070051 SVRPUB COC041-070145- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0057.120607T0051Z-120607T0145Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 651 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 745 PM MDT * AT 647 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 OVER COLORADO SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...FALCON...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY AND MONUMENT. 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 3913 10490 3913 10455 3883 10460 3882 10484 TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 172DEG 5KT 3892 10473 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
3 follow-up statements
276 WWUS55 KPUB 070100 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 700 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 COC041-070145- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-120607T0145Z/ EL PASO CO- 700 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM MDT... AT 656 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...BLACK FOREST AND MONUMENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3913 10490 3913 10455 3883 10460 3882 10484 TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 177DEG 7KT 3895 10474 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
165 WWUS55 KPUB 070109 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 709 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 COC041-070145- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-120607T0145Z/ EL PASO CO- 709 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM MDT... AT 705 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 OVER COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...FALCON...BLACK FOREST AND MONUMENT. 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 3913 10490 3913 10455 3883 10460 3882 10484 TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 187DEG 3KT 3888 10477 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$
275 WWUS55 KPUB 070133 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 733 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 COC041-070145- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-120607T0145Z/ EL PASO CO- 733 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM MDT... AT 728 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER COLORADO SPRINGS. MOVEMENT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...FALCON AND BLACK FOREST. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN SEVERAL AREAS OF COLORADO SPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3900 10488 3903 10457 3883 10460 3882 10484 TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 167DEG 2KT 3886 10477 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 52 min |
| Jun 6, 7:30 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 7:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 61 min |
| Jun 6, 8:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 53 min |
| Jun 6, 9:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 63 min |
| Jun 6, 9:40 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 100 min |
| Jun 7, 3:03 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | El Paso | 7 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:28 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 6 more | 23 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 54 min |
| Jun 7, 5:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 30 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.