Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 13, 2012, 3:00 PM MDT for Custer County, Colorado. It was in force for 22 min. 1 report 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
- May 13, 2012, 3:00 PM MDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2012, 3:22 PM MDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Custer County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 3:15 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | Westcliffe, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 280 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
- 684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
465
WFUS55 KPUB 132100
TORPUB
COC027-132145-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0010.120513T2100Z-120513T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
300 PM MDT SUN MAY 13 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 345 PM MDT
* AT 257 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRESTONE...OR 48 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ALAMOSA. THE TORNADIC STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WESTCLIFFE...SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA.
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 3802 10560 3803 10561 3821 10561 3821 10531
3800 10532
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 180DEG 0KT 3810 10550
$$
SR2 follow-up statements
564
WWUS55 KPUB 132111
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
311 PM MDT SUN MAY 13 2012
COC027-132145-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120513T2145Z/
CUSTER CO-
311 PM MDT SUN MAY 13 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY
UNTIL 345 PM MDT...
AT 309 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRESTONE...OR 48 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ALAMOSA. MOVEMENT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROSITA...WESTCLIFFE AND SILVER CLIFF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3802 10560 3803 10561 3821 10561 3821 10531
3800 10532
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 180DEG 0KT 3810 10550
$$
SR624
WWUS55 KPUB 132122
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
322 PM MDT SUN MAY 13 2012
COC027-132132-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120513T2145Z/
CUSTER CO-
322 PM MDT SUN MAY 13 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3802 10560 3803 10561 3821 10561 3821 10531
3800 10532
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 180DEG 0KT 3810 10550
$$
SRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Teller | 33 min |
| May 13, 2:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer | 25 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.