Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 2012, 3:23 PM MDT for Crowley County, Otero County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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 11, 2012, 3:23 PM MDT (21:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2012, 3:55 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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 11, 2:11 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -468 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
499 WUUS55 KPUB 112123 SVRPUB COC025-089-101-112215- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0002.120411T2123Z-120411T2215Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 323 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 415 PM MDT * AT 320 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 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOWLER...OR 33 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PUEBLO...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FOWLER...MANZANOLA...OLNEY SPRINGS AND CROWLEY. 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3833 10422 3823 10376 3785 10407 3793 10436 TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 197DEG 21KT 3797 10416 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ KAM
2 follow-up statements
750 WWUS55 KPUB 112138 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 338 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012 COC025-089-101-112215- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120411T2215Z/ CROWLEY CO-OTERO CO-PUEBLO CO- 338 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO...NORTHWESTERN OTERO AND SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM MDT... AT 334 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOWLER...OR 31 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. MOTORIST ON HIGHWAY 50 FROM MILE MARKERS 335 TO 350 SHOULD PREPARE FOR GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FOWLER...MANZANOLA...OLNEY SPRINGS AND CROWLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3804 10432 3833 10422 3823 10376 3793 10401 TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 197DEG 21KT 3805 10413 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
499 WWUS55 KPUB 112155 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 355 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012 COC025-089-101-112205- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120411T2215Z/ CROWLEY CO-OTERO CO-PUEBLO CO- 355 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO... NORTHWESTERN OTERO AND SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3804 10432 3833 10422 3823 10376 3793 10401 TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 197DEG 21KT 3814 10409 $$ KAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 37 min |
| Apr 11, 2:47 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache | 24 hr |
| Apr 11, 2:47 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Fremont and 6 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 40 min |
| Apr 11, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 48 min |
| Apr 11, 5:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 44 min |
| Apr 11, 5:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas | 47 min |
| Apr 11, 5:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 25 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.