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Areal Flood Advisory 1, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this areal flood advisory at Apr 11, 2012, 6:34 PM MDT for Baca County, Bent County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 116 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 2012, 6:34 PM MDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2012, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 260 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
- 265 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1416 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood advisory went out at Apr 11, 3:10 PM MDT, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 3:10 PM MDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1218 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012 COZ058>089-093>099-121830- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 1218 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND MOVE OFF INTO THE ADJACENT INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. ONE OR TWO STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...ACROSS THE I-25 CORRIDOR AND PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CALHAN...TO LAS ANIMAS...TO TWO BUTTES. HAIL UP TO AROUND 1.25 INCHES IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. THE AREA WITH THE GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN THIS AREA WILL BE EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 AND ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50...WHERE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO EXIST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF EASTERN COLORADO SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. STRONG...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...AND THE UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY OF CHAFFEE AND LAKE COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NEAR CRITICAL TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE UPPER ARKANSAS VALLEY...THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF TELLER AND FREMONT COUNTIES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS THURSDAY AND POSSIBLY AGAIN FRIDAY DUE TO GUSTY WINDS...LOW MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND EXISTING DRY VEGETATION. IN ADDITION...A STORM SYSTEM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ACCUMULATING SNOWS OVER THE MOUNTAIN AREAS AS WELL AS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY FROM THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 44/10
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 2:21 PM MDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 221 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012 COZ088-093-094-097-112045- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- 221 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 217 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 14 MILES EAST OF DELHI...OR 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TIMPAS. HIGBEE. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 2:46 PM MDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 246 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012 COZ086>089-093-112130- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET-TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- 246 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... EXTREME NORTHEASTERN HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... THIS INCLUDES...LA JUNTA. SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 243 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMSS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF TIMPAS TO 20 MILES WEST OF DELHI...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LA JUNTA. SWINK. ROCKY FORD. CHERAW. OLNEY SPRINGS. MANZANOLA. FOWLER. CROWLEY. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KAM
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 3:41 PM MDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 10:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont, Teller | 44 min |
| Apr 12, 2:32 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Fremont, Rio Grande, Saguache | 29 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:00 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 30 hr |
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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.