Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2012, 5:09 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 39 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
- Jun 2, 2012, 5:09 PM MDT (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2012, 5:48 PM MDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 1766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
382
WFUS55 KPUB 022309
TORPUB
COC061-030000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0011.120602T2309Z-120603T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
509 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 600 PM MDT
* AT 508 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
EADS...OR 27 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS
TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 1000 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3832 10277 3846 10292 3862 10273 3863 10247
3855 10238
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 228DEG 13KT 3845 10276
$$4 follow-up statements
949
WWUS55 KPUB 022315
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
515 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
COC061-030000-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120603T0000Z/
KIOWA CO-
515 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL
600 PM MDT...
AT 508 PM MDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EADS...OR 27 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
AT 508 PM A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 3 MILES SOUTH OF EADS. IN
ADDITION...AT 505 PM GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 3 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF EADS WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EADS.
RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3832 10277 3846 10292 3862 10273 3863 10247
3855 10238
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 228DEG 13KT 3846 10275
$$357
WWUS55 KPUB 022325
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
525 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
COC061-030000-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120603T0000Z/
KIOWA CO-
525 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL
600 PM MDT...
AT 522 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EADS...OR 26 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL KIOWA 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.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3836 10270 3847 10282 3862 10273 3863 10247
3855 10238
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 256DEG 19KT 3846 10268
$$969
WWUS55 KPUB 022334
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
534 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
COC061-030000-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120603T0000Z/
KIOWA CO-
534 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL
600 PM MDT...
AT 531 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF CHIVINGTON...OR 25 MILES NORTH OF
LAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3836 10270 3847 10282 3862 10273 3863 10247
3855 10238
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 256DEG 19KT 3845 10263
$$282
WWUS55 KPUB 022348
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
548 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
COC061-022358-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120603T0000Z/
KIOWA CO-
548 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL KIOWA 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...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3836 10270 3847 10282 3862 10273 3863 10247
3855 10238
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 256DEG 19KT 3847 10253
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 29 min |
| Jun 2, 2:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 27 min |
| Jun 2, 3:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 3:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 4:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 38 min |
| Jun 2, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 27 min |
| Jun 2, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 4:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 66 min |
| Jun 2, 4:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 53 min |
| Jun 2, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 5:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 5:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 13 min |
| Jun 2, 5:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 38 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.