Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 26, 2012, 3:30 PM MDT for Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 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
- Sep 26, 2012, 3:30 PM MDT (21:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2012, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 2458 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
615 WUUS55 KPUB 262130 SVRPUB COC009-071-262230- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0104.120926T2130Z-120926T2230Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 330 PM MDT WED SEP 26 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 430 PM MDT * AT 327 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF KIM...OR 36 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND WESTERN BACA COUNTIES AND PRITCHETT. 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. THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && LAT...LON 3743 10271 3713 10281 3726 10338 3744 10335 TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 269DEG 26KT 3734 10326 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$
4 follow-up statements
010 WWUS55 KPUB 262144 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 344 PM MDT WED SEP 26 2012 COC009-071-262230- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0104.000000T0000Z-120926T2230Z/ BACA CO-LAS ANIMAS CO- 344 PM MDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM MDT... AT 338 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF KIM...OR 32 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURALS AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND WESTERN BACA COUNTIES AND PRITCHETT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3726 10334 3744 10329 3743 10271 3713 10281 TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 269DEG 26KT 3734 10316 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$
528 WWUS55 KPUB 262158 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 358 PM MDT WED SEP 26 2012 COC009-071-262230- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0104.000000T0000Z-120926T2230Z/ BACA CO-LAS ANIMAS CO- 358 PM MDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM MDT... AT 356 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES WEST OF PRITCHETT...OR 28 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND WESTERN BACA COUNTIES AND PRITCHETT. 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. THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3725 10330 3744 10318 3743 10271 3713 10281 TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 266DEG 17KT 3734 10311 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$
565 WWUS55 KPUB 262207 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 407 PM MDT WED SEP 26 2012 COC071-262215- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0104.000000T0000Z-120926T2230Z/ LAS ANIMAS CO- 407 PM MDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3720 10308 3743 10307 3743 10271 3713 10281 TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 266DEG 17KT 3734 10307 $$ COC009-262230- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0104.000000T0000Z-120926T2230Z/ BACA CO- 407 PM MDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM MDT... AT 403 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF PRITCHETT...OR 26 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. IN ADDITION...AT 400 PM...1/2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED 14 WEST OF PRITCHETT WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN BACA COUNTY AND PRITCHETT. 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. THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3720 10308 3743 10307 3743 10271 3713 10281 TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 266DEG 17KT 3734 10307 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$
883 WWUS55 KPUB 262216 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 416 PM MDT WED SEP 26 2012 COC009-262230- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0104.000000T0000Z-120926T2230Z/ BACA CO- 416 PM MDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM MDT... AT 414 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF PRITCHETT...OR 22 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PRITCHETT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3720 10308 3739 10306 3743 10271 3713 10281 TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 280DEG 17KT 3732 10300 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
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, 2:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 54 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
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.