Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2012, 3:16 PM MDT for Bent County, Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 20 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
- Apr 26, 2012, 3:16 PM MDT (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2012, 3:36 PM MDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 2416 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
486
WUUS55 KPUB 262116
SVRPUB
COC011-061-262215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0010.120426T2116Z-120426T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
316 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 415 PM MDT
* AT 314 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 5 MILES
SOUTH OF ARLINGTON...OR 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA JUNTA...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARLINGTON AND HASWELL.
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 3815 10325 3821 10340 3824 10340 3827 10343
3853 10329 3854 10319 3861 10318 3862 10317
3862 10290 3861 10290
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 206DEG 29KT 3827 10330
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
627
WWUS55 KPUB 262124
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
324 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012
COC011-061-262215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120426T2215Z/
BENT CO-KIOWA CO-
324 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN KIOWA
AND NORTHWESTERN BENT COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM MDT...
AT 319 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ARLINGTON...OR 26 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARLINGTON.
HASWELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3821 10321 3830 10340 3853 10329 3854 10319
3861 10318 3862 10317 3862 10290 3861 10290
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 206DEG 29KT 3833 10326
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$874
WWUS55 KPUB 262136
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
336 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012
COC011-061-262146-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120426T2215Z/
BENT CO-KIOWA CO-
336 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN KIOWA AND NORTHWESTERN
BENT 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3821 10321 3830 10340 3853 10329 3854 10319
3861 10318 3862 10317 3862 10290 3861 10290
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 206DEG 29KT 3842 10321
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 3:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 21 min |
| Apr 26, 3:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 3:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 17 min |
| Apr 26, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 5:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 32 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2012Every severe thunderstorm 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.