Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2012, 6:43 PM MDT for Alamosa County, Conejos County, Rio Grande County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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
- Jul 10, 2012, 6:43 PM MDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2012, 7:14 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 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 nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 268 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
- 2535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
627 WUUS55 KPUB 110043 SVRPUB COC003-021-105-110145- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0086.120711T0043Z-120711T0145Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 643 PM MDT TUE JUL 10 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN ALAMOSA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO... NORTH CENTRAL CONEJOS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO... SOUTHEASTERN RIO GRANDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 745 PM MDT * AT 639 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 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALAMOSA...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ALAMOSA. 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 3726 10585 3730 10620 3762 10606 3759 10584 TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 007DEG 15KT 3753 10597 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
3 follow-up statements
131
WWUS55 KPUB 110054
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
654 PM MDT TUE JUL 10 2012
COC003-021-105-110145-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-120711T0145Z/
CONEJOS CO-ALAMOSA CO-RIO GRANDE CO-
654 PM MDT TUE JUL 10 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
RIO GRANDE...SOUTHWESTERN ALAMOSA AND NORTH CENTRAL CONEJOS COUNTIES
UNTIL 745 PM MDT...
AT 650 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ALAMOSA...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
WEB CAMS FROM THE ALAMOSA AIRPORT SHOW AN APPARENT INTENSE HAIL
SHAFT WITH THIS STORM TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST OF ALAMOSA.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALAMOSA AND LA JARA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3754 10609 3757 10597 3750 10584 3726 10585
3730 10620
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 007DEG 15KT 3749 10598
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$793
WWUS55 KPUB 110105
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
705 PM MDT TUE JUL 10 2012
COC003-021-105-110145-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-120711T0145Z/
CONEJOS CO-ALAMOSA CO-RIO GRANDE CO-
705 PM MDT TUE JUL 10 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
RIO GRANDE...SOUTHWESTERN ALAMOSA AND NORTH CENTRAL CONEJOS COUNTIES
UNTIL 745 PM MDT...
AT 704 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 8 MILES WEST OF ALAMOSA...MOVING
SOUTH AT 15 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING
WINDS.
BETWEEN 700 PM AND 705 PM...THIS STORM HAS SHOWN A WEAKENING TREND
ON RADAR.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN RIO GRANDE...NORTHERN
CONEJOS AND SOUTHWESTERN ALAMOSA 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 3749 10611 3754 10599 3745 10594 3727 10592
3730 10620
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 007DEG 15KT 3745 10602
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN
$$346
WWUS55 KPUB 110114
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
714 PM MDT TUE JUL 10 2012
COC003-021-105-110125-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-120711T0145Z/
CONEJOS CO-ALAMOSA CO-RIO GRANDE CO-
714 PM MDT TUE JUL 10 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RIO GRANDE...
SOUTHWESTERN ALAMOSA AND NORTH CENTRAL CONEJOS COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3749 10611 3754 10599 3745 10594 3727 10592
3730 10620
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 007DEG 15KT 3741 10603
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 4:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Mineral, Rio Grande | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.