Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2012, 10:46 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 22 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, 10:46 PM MDT (04:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2012, 11:08 PM MDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Baca County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:45 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, 9:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 342 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 577 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
045 WUUS55 KPUB 270446 SVRPUB COC009-270545- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0019.120427T0446Z-120427T0545Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1046 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 1145 PM MDT * AT 1045 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 15 MILES SOUTH OF PRITCHETT...OR 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD... AND MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SPRINGFIELD AND PRITCHETT. 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 3764 10307 3763 10245 3705 10273 3706 10300 TIME...MOT...LOC 0446Z 174DEG 43KT 3717 10284 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN $$
2 follow-up statements
952 WWUS55 KPUB 270456 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1056 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012 COC009-270545- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120427T0545Z/ BACA CO- 1056 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN BACA COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM MDT... AT 1051 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF PRITCHETT...OR 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD... MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SPRINGFIELD AND PRITCHETT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3715 10292 3764 10307 3763 10245 3715 10268 TIME...MOT...LOC 0455Z 174DEG 43KT 3728 10285 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN $$
360 WWUS55 KPUB 270508 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1108 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012 COC009-270517- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120427T0545Z/ BACA CO- 1108 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN BACA 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 GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3715 10292 3764 10307 3763 10245 3715 10268 TIME...MOT...LOC 0507Z 174DEG 43KT 3742 10287 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 6:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 6:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 6:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 12:22 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 12:46 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 1:09 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 1:25 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 1:44 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 19 min |
| Apr 27, 1:55 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 2:21 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 2:43 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 2:56 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 13 min |
Nearby
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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.