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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 30, 2012Huerfano County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2012, 8:01 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 59 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, 8:01 PM MDT (02:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2012, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Huerfano County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 238 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

168 
WUUS55 KPUB 310201
SVRPUB
COC055-101-310300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0093.120731T0201Z-120731T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
801 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  SOUTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 900 PM MDT

* AT 758 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 20
  MILES NORTH OF WALSENBURG...OR 26 MILES SOUTH OF PUEBLO...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN PUEBLO 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 3819 10452 3786 10431 3779 10471 3798 10485
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 234DEG 13KT 3792 10470
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

KAM

4 follow-up statements

300 
WWUS55 KPUB 310219
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
819 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012

COC055-101-310300-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-120731T0300Z/
PUEBLO CO-HUERFANO CO-
819 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
HUERFANO AND SOUTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM MDT...

AT 815 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 21 MILES
SOUTH OF BLENDE...OR 23 MILES SOUTH OF PUEBLO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN PUEBLO 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 3800 10478 3819 10452 3786 10431 3780 10467
TIME...MOT...LOC 0219Z 240DEG 15KT 3796 10462
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

KAM

690 
WWUS55 KPUB 310232
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
832 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012

COC055-101-310300-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-120731T0300Z/
PUEBLO CO-HUERFANO CO-
832 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
HUERFANO AND SOUTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM MDT...

AT 827 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 23 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WALSENBURG...OR 26 MILES SOUTH OF PUEBLO...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKLES HAS FALLEN WITH 
THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN PUEBLO 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 3802 10474 3819 10452 3786 10431 3781 10459
TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 246DEG 16KT 3791 10452
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

KAM

571 
WWUS55 KPUB 310247
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
847 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012

COC055-101-310300-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-120731T0300Z/
PUEBLO CO-HUERFANO CO-
847 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN HUERFANO AND SOUTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM
MDT...

AT 844 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 22 MILES
SOUTH OF BLENDE...OR 25 MILES SOUTH OF PUEBLO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN PUEBLO 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 3792 10459 3804 10471 3819 10452 3786 10431
      3781 10459
TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 246DEG 16KT 3794 10445
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

KAM

626 
WWUS55 KPUB 310258
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
858 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012

COC055-101-310309-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-120731T0300Z/
PUEBLO CO-HUERFANO CO-
858 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN HUERFANO
AND SOUTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM MDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3792 10459 3804 10471 3819 10452 3786 10431
      3781 10459
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 246DEG 16KT 3796 10439

$$

KAM

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, 7:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	25 min
Jul 30, 7:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	58 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.