Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 27, 2012, 6:59 PM MDT for Kiowa 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
- Sep 27, 2012, 6:59 PM MDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 27, 2012, 7:43 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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 27, 4:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 304 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1186 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
901 WUUS55 KPUB 280059 SVRPUB COC061-099-280200- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0116.120928T0059Z-120928T0200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 659 PM MDT THU SEP 27 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTH CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 800 PM MDT * AT 657 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 NORTH OF NEENOSHE RESERVOIR...OR 24 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHIVINGTON...BRANDON AND SHERIDAN LAKE. 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 3847 10208 3814 10222 3839 10279 3857 10268 TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 291DEG 17KT 3842 10264 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
4 follow-up statements
261 WWUS55 KPUB 280112 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 712 PM MDT THU SEP 27 2012 COC061-099-280200- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-120928T0200Z/ PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO- 712 PM MDT THU SEP 27 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KIOWA AND NORTH CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM MDT... AT 709 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHIVINGTON...OR 23 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. MODERATE ROTATION WAS NOTED WITH THIS STORM. IF A TORNADO SHOULD OCCUR WITH THIS STORM...IT WOULD BE EMBEDDED IN HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BRANDON AND SHERIDAN LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3836 10271 3856 10263 3847 10208 3814 10222 TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 291DEG 17KT 3841 10254 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN $$
810
WWUS55 KPUB 280123
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
723 PM MDT THU SEP 27 2012
COC061-099-280200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-120928T0200Z/
PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO-
723 PM MDT THU SEP 27 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KIOWA
AND NORTH CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM MDT...
AT 721 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CHIVINGTON...OR 23 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRANDON AND SHERIDAN LAKE.
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 MIDNIGHT MDT
FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3831 10260 3845 10262 3854 10254 3847 10208
3814 10222
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 291DEG 17KT 3839 10248
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN
$$248
WWUS55 KPUB 280132
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
732 PM MDT THU SEP 27 2012
COC061-099-280200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-120928T0200Z/
PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO-
732 PM MDT THU SEP 27 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KIOWA
AND NORTH CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM MDT...
AT 729 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRANDON...OR 23 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO
ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHERIDAN LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3828 10252 3832 10252 3842 10255 3852 10243
3847 10208 3814 10222
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 291DEG 17KT 3837 10243
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 0.75IN
$$818
WWUS55 KPUB 280143
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
743 PM MDT THU SEP 27 2012
COC061-099-280152-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-120928T0200Z/
PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO-
743 PM MDT THU SEP 27 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND NORTH
CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTIES 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 STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL PEA
SIZE HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3828 10252 3832 10252 3842 10255 3852 10243
3847 10208 3814 10222
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 291DEG 17KT 3835 10237
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 6:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 54 min |
| Sep 27, 6:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 46 min |
| Sep 27, 7:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers | 33 min |
| Sep 27, 8:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 24 min |
| Sep 27, 8:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 85 min |
| Sep 27, 8:42 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Bent, Otero | 77 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.