Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Pueblo, CO
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:33 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 2 S Delhi, CO | ALSO 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 5:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.