Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2012, 5:55 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 23 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 14, 2012, 5:55 PM MDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2012, 6:18 PM MDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 4333 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
302
WUUS55 KPUB 142355
SVRPUB
COC061-099-150100-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0078.120614T2355Z-120615T0100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
555 PM MDT THU JUN 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
NORTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 700 PM MDT
* AT 551 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF QUEENS RESERVOIR...OR 10
MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
QUEENS RESERVOIR...CHIVINGTON...BRANDON AND SHERIDAN LAKE.
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 3858 10247 3844 10209 3815 10237 3805 10272
3816 10273
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 212DEG 14KT 3824 10257
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
554
WWUS55 KPUB 150011
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
611 PM MDT THU JUN 14 2012
COC099-150021-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-120615T0100Z/
PROWERS CO-
611 PM MDT THU JUN 14 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3830 10249 3834 10262 3858 10247 3844 10209
3829 10223
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 212DEG 14KT 3839 10230
$$
COC061-150100-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-120615T0100Z/
KIOWA CO-
611 PM MDT THU JUN 14 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KIOWA
COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM MDT...
AT 606 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF SHERIDAN LAKE...OR
27 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PENNY SIZE
HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHERIDAN LAKE.
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 1000 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3830 10249 3834 10262 3858 10247 3844 10209
3829 10223
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 212DEG 14KT 3839 10230
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN
$$635
WWUS55 KPUB 150018
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
618 PM MDT THU JUN 14 2012
COC061-150027-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-120615T0100Z/
KIOWA CO-
618 PM MDT THU JUN 14 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 630 PM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3830 10249 3834 10262 3858 10247 3844 10209
3829 10223
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 212DEG 14KT 3841 10228
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 4:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 12 min |
| Jun 14, 4:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 26 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.