Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2012, 4:29 PM MDT for Baca 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, 4:29 PM MDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2012, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Baca County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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, 4:50 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 4 N Springfield, 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 253 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
- 2269 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
136 WUUS55 KPUB 122229 SVRPUB COC009-122300- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0077.120612T2229Z-120612T2300Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 429 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 500 PM MDT * AT 428 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PRITCHETT...OR 11 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SPRINGFIELD. 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 3756 10257 3713 10255 3721 10300 3753 10297 TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 267DEG 13KT 3743 10282 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ STARK
3 follow-up statements
635 WWUS55 KPUB 122245 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 445 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012 COC009-122300- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-120612T2300Z/ BACA CO- 445 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL BACA COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM MDT... AT 442 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SPRINGFIELD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED ACROSS THE SAME AREA AND THERE IS LIKELY PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER COVERED ROADS. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3753 10293 3756 10257 3713 10255 3720 10295 TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 249DEG 19KT 3746 10270 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ STARK
701 WWUS55 KPUB 122254 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 454 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012 COC009-122300- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-120612T2300Z/ BACA CO- 454 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL BACA COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM MDT... AT 452 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN BACA COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL FALLING JUST NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD. 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 3754 10280 3756 10257 3713 10255 3719 10288 TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 236DEG 10KT 3747 10265 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ STARK
279 WWUS55 KPUB 122300 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 500 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012 COC009-122310- /O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-120612T2300Z/ BACA CO- 500 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BACA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS STILL LIKELY WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3754 10280 3756 10257 3713 10255 3719 10288 TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 236DEG 10KT 3742 10262 $$ STARK
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, 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 |
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.