Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2012, 3:41 AM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 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 8, 2012, 3:41 AM MDT (09:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2012, 4:15 AM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:44 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 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 1009 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2384 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS55 KPUB 080941
SVRPUB
COC041-081045-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0071.120608T0941Z-120608T1045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
341 AM MDT FRI JUN 8 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 445 AM MDT
* AT 336 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
EAST OF CALHAN...OR 31 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON...AND MOVING
SOUTH AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL
SIZE HAIL.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YODER...RUSH AND TRUCKTON.
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 10405 3871 10404 3867 10428 3905 10428
3914 10407 3914 10406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0941Z 350DEG 11KT 3901 10418
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN
$$3 follow-up statements
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WWUS55 KPUB 080948
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
348 AM MDT FRI JUN 8 2012
COC041-081045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-120608T1045Z/
EL PASO CO-
348 AM MDT FRI JUN 8 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 445 AM MDT...
AT 344 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO
TENNIS BALL SIZE...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF CALHAN...OR 31 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LIMON...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
RADAR SIGNATURES INDICATE THIS STORM HAS INTENSIFIED BETWEEN 335 AM
AND 345 AM AND IS NOW LIKELY PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS
BALLS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YODER...RUSH AND TRUCKTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3902 10428 3906 10418 3906 10405 3913 10405
3871 10404 3867 10428
TIME...MOT...LOC 0947Z 353DEG 11KT 3900 10417
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 2.50IN
$$728
WWUS55 KPUB 081001
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
401 AM MDT FRI JUN 8 2012
COC041-081045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-120608T1045Z/
EL PASO CO-
401 AM MDT FRI JUN 8 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 445 AM MDT...
AT 358 AM 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 10 MILES
SOUTH OF RAMAH...OR 31 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON...MOVING SOUTH AT 10
MPH.
THIS STORM HAS SHOWN A WEAKENING TREND BETWEEN 350 AM AND 358 AM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUSH AND TRUCKTON.
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 3904 10420 3906 10405 3913 10405 3871 10404
3868 10421
TIME...MOT...LOC 1000Z 341DEG 11KT 3898 10413
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$929
WWUS55 KPUB 081015
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
415 AM MDT FRI JUN 8 2012
COC041-081025-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-120608T1045Z/
EL PASO CO-
415 AM MDT FRI JUN 8 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3904 10420 3906 10405 3913 10405 3871 10404
3868 10421
TIME...MOT...LOC 1015Z 341DEG 11KT 3894 10411
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 6:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 37 min |
| Jun 7, 7:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 48 min |
| Jun 7, 8:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Jun 7, 8:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 54 min |
| Jun 7, 8:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 52 min |
| Jun 7, 8:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 63 min |
| Jun 7, 8:45 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 9:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 9:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 66 min |
| Jun 7, 10:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 10:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 28 min |
| Jun 8, 3:12 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 2:17 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 6 more | 31 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.