Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2012, 3:13 PM MDT for Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 29 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, 3:13 PM MDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2012, 3:42 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bent County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 2416 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
335
WUUS55 KPUB 262113
SVRPUB
COC011-099-262215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0009.120426T2113Z-120426T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
313 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
NORTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 415 PM MDT
* AT 310 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 24
MILES SOUTH OF JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR...OR 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SPRINGFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAMAR.
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 10293 3764 10301 3774 10313 3826 10257
3807 10232
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 224DEG 27KT 3774 10296
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
009
WWUS55 KPUB 262126
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
326 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012
COC011-099-262215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120426T2215Z/
BENT CO-PROWERS CO-
326 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
PROWERS AND SOUTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM MDT...
AT 323 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 21 MILES
SOUTH OF JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR...OR 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAMAR...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAMAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3764 10293 3764 10301 3784 10302 3826 10257
3807 10232
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 223DEG 31KT 3780 10289
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$853
WWUS55 KPUB 262142
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
342 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012
COC011-099-262152-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120426T2215Z/
BENT CO-PROWERS CO-
342 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PROWERS AND
SOUTHEASTERN BENT 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3764 10293 3764 10301 3784 10302 3826 10257
3807 10232
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 223DEG 31KT 3790 10277
$$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, 3:16 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, 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
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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.