Alert archive / Colorado / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this freeze warning at Oct 7, 2012, 2:32 PM MDT for 12 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Oct 8, 2012, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 7, 2012, 2:32 PM MDT (20:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 8, 2012, 12:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2012, 9:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Custer County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 929 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
406 WWUS75 KPUB 072032 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 232 PM MDT SUN OCT 7 2012 COZ083-086>089-093>099-080245- /O.UPG.KPUB.FZ.A.0004.121008T0600Z-121008T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FZ.W.0005.121008T0600Z-121008T1500Z/ CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- 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- INCLUDING...CANON CITY...PENROSE...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 232 PM MDT SUN OCT 7 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM MDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM MDT MONDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...PUEBLO...EASTERN FREMONT...HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS... CROWLEY...OTERO......KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES. * TEMPERATURES...CLEARING SKIES WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DIP BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT...AS READINGS FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE A HARD FREEZE AS TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S...PARTICULARLY IN THE COLD POCKETS SUCH AS IN AND AROUND THE PUEBLO AIRPORT AND AROUND LAMAR. * IMPACT...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE OR KILL UNPROTECTED VEGETATION. THEY MAY ALSO FREEZE EXPOSED PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT CROPS OR VEGETATION. DRAIN EXPOSED WATER PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. && $$
3 follow-up statements
702 WWUS75 KPUB 080222 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 822 PM MDT SUN OCT 7 2012 COZ083-086>089-093>099-081100- /O.CON.KPUB.FZ.W.0005.121008T0600Z-121008T1500Z/ CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...CANON CITY...PENROSE...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 822 PM MDT SUN OCT 7 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM MDT MONDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM MDT MONDAY. * LOCATION...PUEBLO...EASTERN FREMONT...HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS... CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS...AND ...BACA COUNTIES. * TEMPERATURES...CLEARING SKIES WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DIP BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT...AS READINGS FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE A HARD FREEZE AS TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S...PARTICULARLY IN THE COLD POCKETS SUCH AS IN AND AROUND THE PUEBLO AIRPORT AND AROUND LAMAR. * IMPACT...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE OR KILL UNPROTECTED VEGETATION. THEY MAY ALSO FREEZE EXPOSED PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT CROPS OR VEGETATION. DRAIN EXPOSED WATER PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. && $$
436 WWUS75 KPUB 081010 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 410 AM MDT MON OCT 8 2012 COZ083-086>089-093>099-081500- /O.CON.KPUB.FZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121008T1500Z/ CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- 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- INCLUDING...CANON CITY...PENROSE...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 410 AM MDT MON OCT 8 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING. * LOCATION...PUEBLO...EASTERN FREMONT...HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS... CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS...AND BACA ... COUNTIES. * TEMPERATURES...AS OF 4 AM MDT...LOW TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS HAD FALLEN INTO THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S...INCLUDING 25 DEGREES IN PUEBLO...28 DEGREES IN LAMAR...30 DEGREES IN TRINIDAD...33 DEGREES IN LA JUNTA AND 33 DEGREES IN SPRINGFIELD. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE 20S TO LOWER 30S UNTIL AROUND SUNRISE. * IMPACT...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE OR KILL UNPROTECTED VEGETATION. THEY MAY ALSO FREEZE EXPOSED PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT CROPS OR VEGETATION. DRAIN EXPOSED WATER PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. && $$
768 WWUS75 KPUB 081456 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 856 AM MDT MON OCT 8 2012 COZ083-086>089-093>099-081600- /O.EXP.KPUB.FZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121008T1500Z/ CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...CANON CITY...PENROSE...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 856 AM MDT MON OCT 8 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING... THE FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED INTO THE 30S ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO THIS MORNING AND TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO WARM THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 4:15 AM MDT | Freeze Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 6 more | 10 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Colorado, 2012Every freeze warning in 2012
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.