Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2012, 4:01 PM MDT for Mineral County, Rio Grande County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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 11, 2012, 4:01 PM MDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2012, 4:34 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Mineral County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 217 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -479 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2735 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
075 WUUS55 KPUB 112201 SVRPUB COC079-105-112300- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0087.120711T2201Z-120711T2300Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 401 PM MDT WED JUL 11 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL MINERAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO... SOUTHWESTERN RIO GRANDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 500 PM MDT * AT 358 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH FORK...OR 44 MILES WEST OF ALAMOSA... AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WOLF CREEK PASS. 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 3741 10659 3748 10687 3772 10673 3766 10652 TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 018DEG 7KT 3760 10666 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$
3 follow-up statements
338 WWUS55 KPUB 112208 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 408 PM MDT WED JUL 11 2012 COC079-105-112300- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-120711T2300Z/ MINERAL CO-RIO GRANDE CO- 408 PM MDT WED JUL 11 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN RIO GRANDE AND EAST CENTRAL MINERAL COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM MDT... AT 406 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH FORK...OR 47 MILES WEST OF ALAMOSA...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME WESTERN RIO GRANDE AND SOUTHEASTERN MINERAL COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3765 10652 3741 10659 3752 10685 3772 10673 TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 037DEG 9KT 3758 10672 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$
564 WWUS55 KPUB 112217 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 417 PM MDT WED JUL 11 2012 COC079-105-112300- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-120711T2300Z/ MINERAL CO-RIO GRANDE CO- 417 PM MDT WED JUL 11 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN RIO GRANDE AND EAST CENTRAL MINERAL COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM MDT... AT 414 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WOLF CREEK PASS...OR 46 MILES WEST OF ALAMOSA...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME WESTERN RIO GRANDE AND SOUTHEASTERN MINERAL COUNTIES...INCLUDING HIGHWAY ONE SIXTY BETWEEN SOUTH FORK AND WOLF CREEK PASS. 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 3765 10652 3741 10659 3752 10685 3772 10673 TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 022DEG 9KT 3755 10670 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$
472 WWUS55 KPUB 112234 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 434 PM MDT WED JUL 11 2012 COC079-105-112245- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-120711T2300Z/ MINERAL CO-RIO GRANDE CO- 434 PM MDT WED JUL 11 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN RIO GRANDE AND EAST CENTRAL MINERAL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3765 10652 3741 10659 3752 10685 3772 10673 TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 022DEG 9KT 3751 10672 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 6:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Rio Grande | 31 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.