Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2012, 3:31 PM MDT for Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 44 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, 3:31 PM MDT (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2012, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Baca County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 2951 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
553 WUUS55 KPUB 262131 SVRPUB COC009-099-262215- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0011.120426T2131Z-120426T2215Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 331 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... SOUTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 415 PM MDT * AT 327 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 PRITCHETT...OR 15 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SPRINGFIELD AND TWO BUTTES. 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 3752 10234 3727 10289 3747 10304 3778 10255 TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 237DEG 23KT 3740 10286 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
3 follow-up statements
676
WWUS55 KPUB 262145
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
345 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012
COC009-099-262215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120426T2215Z/
BACA CO-PROWERS CO-
345 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
PROWERS AND NORTH CENTRAL BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM MDT...
AT 343 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PRITCHETT...OR 10 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPRINGFIELD AND TWO BUTTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3730 10282 3729 10285 3748 10302 3778 10255
3752 10234
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 237DEG 23KT 3746 10277
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN
$$717 WWUS55 KPUB 262156 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 356 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012 COC009-099-262215- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120426T2215Z/ BACA CO-PROWERS CO- 356 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN PROWERS AND NORTH CENTRAL BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM MDT... AT 354 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 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TWO BUTTES. 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 3732 10277 3752 10296 3778 10255 3752 10234 TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 237DEG 23KT 3750 10270 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
340 WWUS55 KPUB 262215 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 415 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012 COC009-099-262225- /O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120426T2215Z/ BACA CO-PROWERS CO- 415 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PROWERS AND NORTH CENTRAL BACA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3732 10277 3752 10296 3778 10255 3752 10234 TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 237DEG 23KT 3756 10258 $$
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, 3:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 20 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.