Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2012, 12:46 AM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 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 27, 2012, 12:46 AM MDT (06:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2012, 1:12 AM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Baca County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:49 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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 268 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
- 95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
238 WFUS55 KPUB 270646 TORPUB COC009-270730- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0003.120427T0646Z-120427T0730Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1246 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 130 AM MDT * AT 1244 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF PRITCHETT...OR 19 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PRITCHETT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR! TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3762 10304 3755 10266 3726 10286 3729 10308 TIME...MOT...LOC 0646Z 192DEG 41KT 3737 10295 $$
3 follow-up statements
498 WWUS55 KPUB 270653 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1253 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 COC009-270730- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120427T0730Z/ BACA CO- 1253 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY UNTIL 130 AM MDT... AT 1249 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRITCHETT...OR 18 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3762 10304 3755 10266 3735 10285 3739 10304 TIME...MOT...LOC 0653Z 192DEG 41KT 3745 10293 $$
753 WWUS55 KPUB 270659 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1259 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 COC009-270730- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120427T0730Z/ BACA CO- 1259 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY UNTIL 130 AM MDT... AT 1254 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF PRITCHETT...OR 16 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3740 10281 3744 10301 3762 10304 3755 10266 TIME...MOT...LOC 0659Z 197DEG 41KT 3751 10287 $$
324 WWUS55 KPUB 270712 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 112 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 COC009-270722- /O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120427T0730Z/ BACA CO- 112 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA...HOWEVER LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3740 10281 3744 10301 3762 10304 3755 10266 TIME...MOT...LOC 0712Z 199DEG 39KT 3764 10281 $$
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 26, 10:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 22 min |
| Apr 27, 12:22 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 53 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.