Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2012, 2:59 PM MDT for El Paso County, Fremont County, Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 18 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 31, 2012, 2:59 PM MDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2012, 3:17 PM MDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -414 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2225 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
403 WUUS55 KPUB 312059 SVRPUB COC041-043-119-312200- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0095.120731T2059Z-120731T2200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 259 PM MDT TUE JUL 31 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... NORTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO... SOUTHEASTERN TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 400 PM MDT * AT 256 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 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VICTOR...OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS... AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NORTHERN PORTIONS OF FORT CARSON. 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 10479 3854 10478 3855 10511 3873 10512 TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 265DEG 7KT 3865 10499 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
2 follow-up statements
008 WWUS55 KPUB 312110 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 310 PM MDT TUE JUL 31 2012 COC041-043-119-312200- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-120731T2200Z/ TELLER CO-FREMONT CO-EL PASO CO- 310 PM MDT TUE JUL 31 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO...NORTHEASTERN FREMONT AND SOUTHEASTERN TELLER COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM MDT... AT 307 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VICTOR...OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NORTHERN PORTIONS OF FORT CARSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3855 10502 3870 10502 3877 10479 3854 10478 TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 265DEG 7KT 3864 10493 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
138 WWUS55 KPUB 312117 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 317 PM MDT TUE JUL 31 2012 COC041-043-119-312127- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-120731T2200Z/ TELLER CO-FREMONT CO-EL PASO CO- 317 PM MDT TUE JUL 31 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO... NORTHEASTERN FREMONT AND SOUTHEASTERN TELLER 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 HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3855 10502 3870 10502 3877 10479 3854 10478 TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 265DEG 7KT 3864 10491 $$
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, 8:01 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 |
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.