Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2012, 5:02 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 29 min. 2 reports 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 8, 2012, 5:02 PM MDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2012, 5:31 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Baca County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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 8, 5:05 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Pritchett, CO | PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. |
| Jul 8, 5:11 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | Pritchett, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 258 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
- 159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2329 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
518 WUUS55 KPUB 082302 SVRPUB COC009-090000- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0085.120708T2302Z-120709T0000Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 502 PM MDT SUN JUL 8 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 600 PM MDT * AT 457 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PRITCHETT...OR 15 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PRITCHETT. 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 3739 10268 3722 10281 3733 10304 3749 10293 TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 298DEG 9KT 3737 10288 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
3 follow-up statements
797 WWUS55 KPUB 082310 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 510 PM MDT SUN JUL 8 2012 COC009-090000- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-120709T0000Z/ BACA CO- 510 PM MDT SUN JUL 8 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM MDT... AT 506 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PRITCHETT...OR 14 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL BACA COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3739 10268 3722 10281 3733 10304 3749 10293 TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 298DEG 9KT 3736 10286 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
801 WWUS55 KPUB 082321 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 521 PM MDT SUN JUL 8 2012 COC009-090000- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-120709T0000Z/ BACA CO- 521 PM MDT SUN JUL 8 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM MDT... AT 520 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 NEAR PRITCHETT...OR 12 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL BACA COUNTY. 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 3739 10268 3722 10281 3733 10304 3749 10293 TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 298DEG 9KT 3734 10282 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.88IN $$
906 WWUS55 KPUB 082331 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 531 PM MDT SUN JUL 8 2012 COC009-082341- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-120709T0000Z/ BACA CO- 531 PM MDT SUN JUL 8 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3739 10268 3722 10281 3733 10304 3749 10293 TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 298DEG 9KT 3733 10279 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 4:20 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 19 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 112 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.