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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Pueblo, CO

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

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2012, 3:54 PM MDT for Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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 12, 2012, 3:54 PM MDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2012, 4:25 PM MDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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 12, 4:25 PM MDT	HAIL 1	3 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.

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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 303 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

321 
WUUS55 KPUB 122154
SVRPUB
COC009-071-122300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0076.120612T2154Z-120612T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 500 PM MDT

* AT 353 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 17 MILES EAST OF BRANSON...OR 53 MILES EAST OF TRINIDAD...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KIM.

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 3710 10369 3735 10335 3735 10280 3700 10280
      3699 10367
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 264DEG 15KT 3702 10356
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

KAM

3 follow-up statements

374 
WWUS55 KPUB 122205
SVSPUB

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

COC009-071-122300-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120612T2300Z/
BACA CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-
405 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHWESTERN BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM MDT...

AT 403 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14
MILES SOUTH OF KIM...OR 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KIM.

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 3712 10352 3734 10336 3735 10280 3700 10280
      3699 10354
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 263DEG 20KT 3704 10339
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$
KAM

438 
WWUS55 KPUB 122215
SVSPUB

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

COC009-071-122300-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120612T2300Z/
BACA CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-
415 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHWESTERN BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM MDT...

AT 414 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF KIM...OR 43 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND
  SOUTHWESTERN BACA COUNTIES.

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 3710 10344 3720 10334 3734 10332 3735 10280
      3700 10280 3699 10345
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 263DEG 20KT 3708 10326
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

KAM

508 
WWUS55 KPUB 122225
SVSPUB

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

COC009-071-122235-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120612T2300Z/
BACA CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-
425 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND
SOUTHWESTERN BACA COUNTIES 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 3710 10344 3720 10334 3734 10332 3735 10280
      3700 10280 3699 10345
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 263DEG 20KT 3708 10320

$$

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, 3:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	24 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, 4:17 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Baca	3 hr
Jun 12, 4:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	31 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.