Alert archive / Colorado / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this freeze warning at Oct 25, 2012, 4:01 AM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It took effect at Oct 25, 2012, 11:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 10 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 25, 2012, 4:01 AM MDT (10:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 25, 2012, 11:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2012, 9:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Baca County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:01 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -659 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1098 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 493 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 593 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
138 WWUS75 KPUB 251001 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 401 AM MDT THU OCT 25 2012 COZ099-251615- /O.NEW.KPUB.FZ.W.0007.121026T0500Z-121026T1500Z/ SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 401 AM MDT THU OCT 25 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MDT FRIDAY. * LOCATION...BACA COUNTY * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING BY MIDNIGHT AND OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 25 AND 32 DEGREES. * IMPACT...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE OR KILL UNPROTECTED VEGETATION. 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
201 WWUS75 KPUB 251516 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 916 AM MDT THU OCT 25 2012 COZ099-252200- /O.CON.KPUB.FZ.W.0007.121026T0500Z-121026T1500Z/ SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 916 AM MDT THU OCT 25 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MDT FRIDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MDT FRIDAY. * LOCATION...BACA COUNTY * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING BY MIDNIGHT AND OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 25 AND 32 DEGREES. * IMPACT...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE OR KILL UNPROTECTED VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT CROPS OR VEGETATION. DRAIN EXPOSED WATER PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. && $$
937 WWUS75 KPUB 252034 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 234 PM MDT THU OCT 25 2012 COZ099-260300- /O.CON.KPUB.FZ.W.0007.121026T0500Z-121026T1500Z/ SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 234 PM MDT THU OCT 25 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MDT FRIDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MDT FRIDAY. * LOCATION...BACA COUNTY * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING BY MIDNIGHT AND OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL FALL INTO THE MID AND UPPER 20S. * IMPACT...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE OR KILL UNPROTECTED VEGETATION. 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. && $$
322 WWUS75 KPUB 260209 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 809 PM MDT THU OCT 25 2012 COZ099-261015- /O.CON.KPUB.FZ.W.0007.121026T0500Z-121026T1500Z/ SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 809 PM MDT THU OCT 25 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MDT FRIDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MDT FRIDAY. * LOCATION...BACA COUNTY * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE MID AND UPPER 20S. * IMPACT...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE OR KILL UNPROTECTED VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT CROPS OR VEGETATION. DRAIN EXPOSED WATER PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. && $$
733 WWUS75 KPUB 260921 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 321 AM MDT FRI OCT 26 2012 COZ099-261500- /O.CON.KPUB.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121026T1500Z/ SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 321 AM MDT FRI OCT 26 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...BACA COUNTY * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE MID AND UPPER 20S. * IMPACT...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE OR KILL UNPROTECTED VEGETATION. 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. && $$
015 WWUS75 KPUB 261439 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 839 AM MDT FRI OCT 26 2012 COZ099-261545- /O.EXP.KPUB.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121026T1500Z/ SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 839 AM MDT FRI OCT 26 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING... THE FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING. * LOCATION...BACA COUNTY * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING AFTER 9 AM MDT. * IMPACT...THE THREAT TO TENDER VEGETATION AND EXPOSED PIPES WILL END FOR THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED TO END FOR THIS MORNING. A HARD FREEZE APPEARS POSSIBLE FOR TONIGHT. MAKE PLANS NOW TO PROTECT CROPS OR VEGETATION. DRAIN EXPOSED WATER PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 4:00 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 23 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.