Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2012, 3:13 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 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 12, 2012, 3:13 PM MDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2012, 3:37 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 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), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 1:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 306 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
- 2616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
879 WUUS55 KPUB 122113 SVRPUB COC071-122200- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0073.120612T2113Z-120612T2200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 313 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 400 PM MDT * AT 310 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 6 MILES EAST OF SUGARITE...OR 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TRINIDAD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TRINCHERA AND BRANSON. 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 3744 10412 3706 10356 3699 10377 3699 10438 TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 229DEG 25KT 3695 10425 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ KAM
2 follow-up statements
717 WWUS55 KPUB 122130 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 330 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012 COC071-122200- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-120612T2200Z/ LAS ANIMAS CO- 330 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM MDT... AT 328 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF TRINCHERA...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TRINIDAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TRINCHERA AND BRANSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3732 10395 3706 10356 3699 10377 3699 10438 TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 247DEG 30KT 3702 10418 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ KAM
003 WWUS55 KPUB 122137 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 337 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012 COC071-122147- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-120612T2200Z/ LAS ANIMAS CO- 337 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3732 10395 3706 10356 3699 10377 3699 10438 TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 247DEG 30KT 3704 10411 $$ KAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 3:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 3:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 4:17 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.