Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2012, 9:27 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 63 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, 9:27 PM MDT (03:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2012, 10:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 63 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), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:28 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, 9:43 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 Ene 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 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 292 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
- 5123 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS55 KPUB 070327
SVRPUB
COC071-070430-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0061.120607T0327Z-120607T0430Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
927 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 1030 PM MDT
* AT 923 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 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRINIDAD...AND MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
AT 920 PM MDT, 1 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED 4 MILES WEST OF SEGUNDO WITH
THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BONCARBO AND COKEDALE.
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 3728 10473 3732 10442 3700 10425 3699 10494
3713 10497
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 249DEG 17KT 3708 10476
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
176
WWUS55 KPUB 070348
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
948 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012
COC071-070430-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-120607T0430Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
948 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM MDT...
AT 945 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
COKEDALE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRINIDAD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COKEDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3715 10489 3728 10473 3732 10442 3700 10425
3699 10494
TIME...MOT...LOC 0347Z 249DEG 17KT 3712 10464
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$399
WWUS55 KPUB 070420
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1020 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012
COC071-070431-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-120607T0430Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
1020 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 PM MDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3715 10489 3728 10473 3732 10442 3700 10425
3699 10494
TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 249DEG 17KT 3718 10445
$$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, 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, 9:40 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.