Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2012, 4:42 PM MDT for Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 48 min. 2 reports 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
- Apr 26, 2012, 4:42 PM MDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2012, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 48 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), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 4:51 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 1 W Two Buttes, CO | |
| Apr 26, 5:17 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 10 Ne Two Buttes, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 210 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.
936
WUUS55 KPUB 262242
SVRPUB
COC009-099-262330-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0013.120426T2242Z-120426T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
442 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 530 PM MDT
* AT 440 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
TWO BUTTES...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TWO BUTTES.
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN BACA AND SOUTHERN PROWERS COUNTIES.
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 3744 10237 3756 10257 3795 10229 3777 10203
3765 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 218DEG 21KT 3758 10241
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$3 follow-up statements
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WWUS55 KPUB 262253
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
453 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012
COC009-099-262330-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120426T2330Z/
BACA CO-PROWERS CO-
453 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM MDT...
AT 448 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TWO
BUTTES...OR 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
IN ADDITION...AT 451 PM QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 1 MILE
NORTHEAST OF TWO BUTTES WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TWO BUTTES.
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHERN BACA AND SOUTHERN PROWERS
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3747 10232 3761 10253 3795 10229 3777 10203
3765 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 218DEG 21KT 3761 10236
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$244
WWUS55 KPUB 262307
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
507 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012
COC009-099-262330-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120426T2330Z/
BACA CO-PROWERS CO-
507 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM MDT...
AT 502 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
NORTHEAST OF TWO BUTTES...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE SAUNDERS
ELEVATOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BACA AND SOUTHEASTERN
PROWERS COUNTIES ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 116.
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 3749 10229 3760 10244 3790 10221 3777 10203
3765 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 236DEG 22KT 3762 10225
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$134
WWUS55 KPUB 262318
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
518 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012
COC009-099-262330-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120426T2330Z/
BACA CO-PROWERS CO-
518 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM MDT...
AT 516 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES
NORTHEAST OF TWO BUTTES...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE SAUNDERS
ELEVATOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY NORTH OF HIGHWAY
116 NEAR THE COLORADO KANSAS BORDER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3753 10223 3763 10233 3784 10213 3777 10203
3765 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 236DEG 22KT 3766 10217
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 3:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 17 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.