Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 12, 2011, 8:23 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 28 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
- Jul 12, 2011, 8:23 PM MDT (02:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2011, 8:51 PM MDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 596 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
905 WFUS55 KPUB 130223 TORPUB COC041-130315- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0010.110713T0223Z-110713T0315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 823 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 915 PM MDT * AT 822 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF BLACK FOREST...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN EL PASO 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. && LAT...LON 3912 10470 3913 10449 3898 10457 3902 10469 TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 204DEG 7KT 3904 10460 $$
2 follow-up statements
821 WWUS55 KPUB 130233 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 833 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 2011 COC041-130315- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110713T0315Z/ EL PASO CO- 833 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM MDT... AT 830 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF PEYTON...OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3903 10455 3904 10466 3912 10463 3913 10449 TIME...MOT...LOC 0233Z 204DEG 7KT 3907 10458 $$
365 WWUS55 KPUB 130251 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 851 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 2011 COC041-130301- /O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110713T0315Z/ EL PASO CO- 851 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO 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. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM MDT. LAT...LON 3903 10455 3904 10466 3912 10463 3913 10449 TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 204DEG 7KT 3910 10456 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 8:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 55 min |
| Jul 12, 9:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 117 min |
| Jul 13, 1:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 56 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.