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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 12, 2012Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2012, 3:30 PM MDT for Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 min. 2 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 12, 2012, 3:30 PM MDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2012, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 3:39 PM MDTHAIL 1.253 N Pritchett, CO
Jun 12, 4:25 PM MDTHAIL 13 S Pritchett, CO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 12, 1:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 264 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2012-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2012-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

966 
WUUS55 KPUB 122130
SVRPUB
COC009-071-122215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0074.120612T2130Z-120612T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
330 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 415 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 16
  MILES NORTH OF KIM...OR 37 MILES SOUTH OF LA JUNTA...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PRITCHETT.

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 3763 10299 3733 10281 3733 10335 3757 10345
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 252DEG 14KT 3748 10329
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$


STARK
2 follow-up statements
997 
WWUS55 KPUB 122148
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
348 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012

COC009-071-122215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-120612T2215Z/
BACA CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-
348 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
LAS ANIMAS AND NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM MDT...

AT 345 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 19 MILES
NORTHEAST OF KIM...OR 34 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PRITCHETT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN PUEBLO.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3763 10299 3733 10281 3733 10335 3751 10343
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 252DEG 14KT 3750 10321
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$


STARK
596 
WWUS55 KPUB 122213
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
413 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012

COC009-071-122222-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-120612T2215Z/
BACA CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-
413 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND
NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM MDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR EAST 
CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL 
BACA COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3763 10299 3733 10281 3733 10335 3751 10343
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 252DEG 14KT 3738 10309

$$


STARK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 3:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Prowers40 min
Jun 12, 3:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas24 min
Jun 12, 3:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca46 min
Jun 12, 3:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas31 min
Jun 12, 4:17 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBBaca3 hr
Jun 12, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca31 min

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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.