Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2012, 7:12 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 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, 7:12 PM MDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2012, 7:37 PM MDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1672 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
988 WUUS55 KPUB 310112 SVRPUB COC041-310215- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0091.120731T0112Z-120731T0215Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 712 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 815 PM MDT * AT 706 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 COLORADO SPRINGS...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...PETERSON AFB AND SCHRIEVER AFB. 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 3891 10453 3877 10446 3875 10480 3884 10482 TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 256DEG 17KT 3880 10473 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
3 follow-up statements
857 WWUS55 KPUB 310121 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 721 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012 COC041-310215- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-120731T0215Z/ EL PASO CO- 721 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM MDT... AT 718 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS AND SCHRIEVER AFB. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3877 10474 3884 10476 3891 10453 3877 10446 TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 256DEG 17KT 3881 10468 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
396 WWUS55 KPUB 310127 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 727 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012 COC041-310215- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-120731T0215Z/ EL PASO CO- 727 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM MDT... AT 724 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 EAST CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS AND SCHRIEVER AFB. 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 3879 10471 3885 10473 3891 10453 3877 10446 TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 256DEG 17KT 3882 10466 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
426 WWUS55 KPUB 310137 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 737 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012 COC041-310148- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-120731T0215Z/ EL PASO CO- 737 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3879 10471 3885 10473 3891 10453 3877 10446 TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 256DEG 17KT 3883 10460 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 6:20 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Jul 30, 7:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 38 min |
| Jul 30, 7:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 58 min |
| Jul 30, 8:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 59 min |
| Jul 30, 8:06 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 114 min |
| Jul 30, 9:04 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 10:02 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 118 min |
| Jul 30, 11:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 1:54 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 12:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 2:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 32 min |
| Jul 31, 2:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 112 min |
| Jul 31, 2:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 18 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.