Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 27, 2012, 3:50 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 40 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 27, 2012, 3:50 PM MDT (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 27, 2012, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1041 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
799 WUUS55 KPUB 272150 SVRPUB COC041-272245- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0109.120927T2150Z-120927T2245Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 350 PM MDT THU SEP 27 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 445 PM MDT * AT 347 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 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRUCKTON...OR 32 MILES NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... 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 3871 10406 3853 10406 3856 10437 3869 10432 TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 180DEG 0KT 3865 10427 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
3 follow-up statements
420 WUUS55 KPUB 272153 CCA SVRPUB COC041-272245- /O.COR.KPUB.SV.W.0109.120927T2150Z-120927T2245Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 350 PM MDT THU SEP 27 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 445 PM MDT * AT 347 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRUCKTON...OR 29 MILES NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3871 10406 3853 10406 3856 10437 3869 10432 TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 272DEG 18KT 3860 10426 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
212 WWUS55 KPUB 272203 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 403 PM MDT THU SEP 27 2012 COC041-272245- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0109.000000T0000Z-120927T2245Z/ EL PASO CO- 403 PM MDT THU SEP 27 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM MDT... AT 401 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 SOUTH OF TRUCKTON...OR 32 MILES NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY. 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 3870 10425 3871 10406 3853 10406 3855 10426 TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 272DEG 18KT 3860 10418 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
310 WWUS55 KPUB 272230 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 430 PM MDT THU SEP 27 2012 COC041-272240- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0109.000000T0000Z-120927T2245Z/ EL PASO CO- 430 PM MDT THU SEP 27 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3870 10425 3871 10406 3853 10406 3855 10426 TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 272DEG 18KT 3860 10401 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 9:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 53 min |
| Sep 27, 2:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 27 min |
| Sep 27, 2:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 56 min |
| Sep 27, 4:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 65 min |
| Sep 27, 4:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 56 min |
| Sep 27, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 52 min |
| Sep 27, 5:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 66 min |
| Sep 27, 5:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 62 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.