Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2012, 1:55 AM MDT for Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 50 min. 3 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 27, 2012, 1:55 AM MDT (07:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2012, 2:45 AM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bent County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 1:55 AM MDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 S Lamar, CO | |
| Apr 27, 1:58 AM MDT | TORNADO | 3 Se Lamar, CO | DAMAGE TO AN ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION ALONG COUNTY ROAD EE. TIME APPROXIMATE. |
| Apr 27, 2:40 AM MDT | TORNADO | 10 Ne Lamar, CO | PUBLIC REPORT VIA PROWERS COUNTY COMMS...TIME APPROXIMATE |
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, 9:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 199 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.
483 WFUS55 KPUB 270755 TORPUB COC011-099-270845- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0006.120427T0755Z-120427T0845Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 155 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 245 AM MDT * AT 149 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF LAMAR...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAMAR AND WILEY. 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 AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3827 10279 3826 10243 3792 10256 3795 10277 TIME...MOT...LOC 0753Z 186DEG 32KT 3801 10267 $$
2 follow-up statements
861 WWUS55 KPUB 270804 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 204 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 COC011-099-270845- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120427T0845Z/ BENT CO-PROWERS CO- 204 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN PROWERS AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES UNTIL 245 AM MDT... AT 158 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAMAR...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAMAR AND AREAS ALONG AND NEAR HIGHWAY 50 FROM LAMAR TO GRANADA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3801 10268 3827 10279 3826 10243 3800 10253 TIME...MOT...LOC 0803Z 186DEG 32KT 3809 10258 $$
181
WWUS55 KPUB 270816
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
216 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012
COC011-270825-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120427T0845Z/
BENT CO-
216 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3812 10248 3812 10249 3811 10260 3823 10274
3826 10275 3827 10274 3826 10243
TIME...MOT...LOC 0815Z 186DEG 32KT 3819 10253
$$
COC099-270845-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120427T0845Z/
PROWERS CO-
216 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN PROWERS
COUNTY UNTIL 245 AM MDT...
AT 212 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTH AT 35
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3812 10248 3812 10249 3811 10260 3823 10274
3826 10275 3827 10274 3826 10243
TIME...MOT...LOC 0815Z 186DEG 32KT 3819 10253
$$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, 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, 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 |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.