Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2012, 2:55 PM MDT for El Paso 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 30, 2012, 2:55 PM MDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2012, 3:28 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -260 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
208 WUUS55 KPUB 302055 SVRPUB COC041-302200- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0088.120730T2055Z-120730T2200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 255 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 400 PM MDT * AT 249 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED IN COLORADO SPRINGS...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. AT 243 PM HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS WAS REPORTED IN NEAR THE BROADMOOR WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...SECURITY...PETERSON AFB...FALCON...SCHRIEVER AFB AND ELLICOTT. 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 3897 10437 3873 10432 3872 10490 3888 10494 TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 260DEG 14KT 3881 10480 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$
2 follow-up statements
424 WWUS55 KPUB 302110 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 310 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012 COC041-302200- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-120730T2200Z/ EL PASO CO- 310 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM MDT... AT 307 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...PETERSON AFB...FALCON...SCHRIEVER AFB AND ELLICOTT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3897 10437 3873 10432 3872 10490 3888 10494 TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 260DEG 14KT 3882 10473 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$
550 WWUS55 KPUB 302128 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 328 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012 COC041-302138- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-120730T2200Z/ EL PASO CO- 328 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL EL PASO 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. LAT...LON 3897 10437 3873 10432 3872 10490 3888 10494 TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 260DEG 14KT 3883 10464 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2:45 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 105 min |
| Jul 30, 5:18 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 5:37 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 5:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 44 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.