Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2012, 7:44 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 61 min. 8 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, 7:44 PM MDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2012, 8:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 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, 7:44 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Ssw Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Jun 6, 7:48 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 Sse Colorado Springs, CO | |
| 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 | |
| Jun 6, 7:56 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 Se Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Jun 6, 8:06 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Sse Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Jun 6, 8:16 PM MDT | HAIL 1.5 | 5 Sse Colorado Springs, CO | FELL AT 803 PM MDT. |
| Jun 6, 8:44 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Nne Security, CO | HAIL FELL AT 800PM MDT. |
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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.
461 WUUS55 KPUB 070144 SVRPUB COC041-070245- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0059.120607T0144Z-120607T0245Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 744 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 845 PM MDT * AT 742 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER COLORADO SPRINGS. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS AND PORTIONS OF BLACK FOREST. 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 3905 10455 3870 10456 3869 10487 3903 10487 TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 045DEG 1KT 3893 10474 3874 10484 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$
5 follow-up statements
561 WWUS55 KPUB 070158 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 758 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 COC041-070245- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-120607T0245Z/ EL PASO CO- 758 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM MDT... AT 751 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS TO 5 MILES WEST OF SECURITY. MOVEMENT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. IN ADDITION NUMEROUS REPORTS OF QUARTER SIZE TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM MANY COLORADO SPRINGS LOCATIONS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS AND FORT CARSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3905 10455 3870 10456 3869 10487 3903 10487 TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 045DEG 1KT 3893 10474 3874 10484 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$
953 WWUS55 KPUB 070210 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 810 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 COC041-070245- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-120607T0245Z/ EL PASO CO- 810 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM MDT... AT 806 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS TO EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AROUND 5 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...SECURITY AND WIDEFIELD. 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 3905 10455 3870 10456 3869 10487 3903 10487 TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 045DEG 1KT 3893 10473 3872 10483 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN $$
495
WWUS55 KPUB 070222
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
822 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012
COC041-070245-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-120607T0245Z/
EL PASO CO-
822 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL EL
PASO COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM MDT...
AT 815 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM BLACK FOREST TO PETERSON AFB TO
SECURITY...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLORADO SPRINGS...SECURITY...WIDEFIELD AND FALCON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3905 10455 3870 10456 3869 10487 3903 10487
TIME...MOT...LOC 0221Z 270DEG 6KT 3899 10468 3885 10469
3874 10476
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$958
WWUS55 KPUB 070234
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
834 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012
COC041-070245-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-120607T0245Z/
EL PASO CO-
834 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL EL
PASO COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM MDT...
AT 829 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BLACK FOREST TO EAST CENTRAL
COLORADO SPRINGS TO SECURITY...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...ALONG WITH HEAVY
RAIN THAT IS CAUSING STREET FLOODING AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLORADO SPRINGS...SECURITY...AND FALCON.
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 3905 10455 3870 10456 3869 10487 3903 10487
TIME...MOT...LOC 0233Z 270DEG 6KT 3898 10466 3886 10465
3876 10474
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$017
WWUS55 KPUB 070251
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
851 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012
COC041-070301-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-120607T0245Z/
EL PASO CO-
851 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED
OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY
RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
LAT...LON 3905 10455 3870 10456 3869 10487 3903 10487
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 270DEG 6KT 3898 10466 3886 10465
3876 10474
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 6:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 54 min |
| 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, 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.