Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 26, 2012, 3:56 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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, 3:56 PM MDT (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2012, 4:27 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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, 4:12 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 Ssw Trinidad, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 305 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2047 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
427 WUUS55 KPUB 262156 SVRPUB COC071-262245- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0106.120926T2156Z-120926T2245Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 356 PM MDT WED SEP 26 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 445 PM MDT * AT 353 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COKEDALE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRINIDAD...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TRINIDAD AND HOEHNE. 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 3732 10434 3703 10422 3700 10466 3720 10474 TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 263DEG 22KT 3713 10461 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ STARK
2 follow-up statements
334 WWUS55 KPUB 262216 RRA SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 416 PM MDT WED SEP 26 2012 COC071-262245- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0106.000000T0000Z-120926T2245Z/ LAS ANIMAS CO- 416 PM MDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM MDT... AT 414 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TRINIDAD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HOEHNE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3722 10458 3732 10434 3703 10422 3701 10453 TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 263DEG 29KT 3715 10445 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ STARK
000 WWUS55 KPUB 262227 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 427 PM MDT WED SEP 26 2012 COC071-262237- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0106.000000T0000Z-120926T2245Z/ LAS ANIMAS CO- 427 PM MDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY 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 AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3722 10458 3732 10434 3703 10422 3701 10453 TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 263DEG 29KT 3716 10433 $$ STARK
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, 3:30 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.