Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 26, 2012, 2:36 PM MDT for Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 26, 2012, 2:36 PM MDT (20:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2012, 3:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 140 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 3:05 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 10 Wnw Kim, CO | 3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL COVERING THE GROUND TO A DEPTH OF 3 INCHES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 271 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
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 687 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
782 WUUS55 KPUB 262036 SVRPUB COC009-071-262130- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0103.120926T2036Z-120926T2130Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 236 PM MDT WED SEP 26 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 330 PM MDT * AT 231 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 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF KIM...OR 45 MILES SOUTH OF LA JUNTA...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTIES. 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 3762 10301 3731 10293 3723 10364 3740 10371 TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 252DEG 23KT 3734 10356 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
2 follow-up statements
341 WWUS55 KPUB 262046 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 246 PM MDT WED SEP 26 2012 COC009-071-262130- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-120926T2130Z/ BACA CO-LAS ANIMAS CO- 246 PM MDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM MDT... AT 242 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF KIM...OR 43 MILES SOUTH OF LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3762 10301 3731 10293 3723 10364 3740 10371 TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 252DEG 23KT 3736 10348 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
959 WWUS55 KPUB 262107 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 307 PM MDT WED SEP 26 2012 COC009-071-262130- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-120926T2130Z/ BACA CO-LAS ANIMAS CO- 307 PM MDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM MDT... AT 304 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF KIM...OR 41 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. IN ADDITION...AT 305 PM ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED 10 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF KIM WITH THIS STORM. THE HAIL COVERED THE GROUND TO A DEPTH OF 2 TO 3 INCHES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTIES. 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 1000 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3762 10301 3731 10293 3723 10364 3740 10371 TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 264DEG 23KT 3737 10335 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 56 min |
| Sep 26, 3:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 60 min |
| Sep 26, 3:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 44 min |
| Sep 26, 3:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 31 min |
| Sep 26, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.