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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 5, 2012Las Animas County, Otero County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2012, 7:32 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Otero County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 21 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
Jul 5, 2012, 7:32 PM MDT (01:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2012, 7:53 PM MDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 5, 7:33 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 702 S Delhi, COALSO HAIL TO 3/4 INCH.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 251 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 00:00Z on 2012-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2012-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
4047 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-16 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.

880 
WUUS55 KPUB 060132
SVRPUB
COC071-089-101-060215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0084.120706T0132Z-120706T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
732 PM MDT THU JUL 5 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  SOUTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 815 PM MDT

* AT 727 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  DELHI...OR 38 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHERN LAS ANIMAS...EXTREME
  SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN OTERO 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3783 10422 3782 10379 3754 10394 3753 10417
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 176DEG 21KT 3763 10406
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$
SR
1 follow-up statement
421 
WWUS55 KPUB 060153
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
753 PM MDT THU JUL 5 2012

COC071-089-101-060203-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-120706T0215Z/
OTERO CO-PUEBLO CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-
753 PM MDT THU JUL 5 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO AND SOUTHWESTERN OTERO 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.

LAT...LON 3783 10422 3782 10379 3754 10394 3753 10417
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 176DEG 21KT 3775 10407

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 5:55 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso2 hr

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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.