Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2012, 5:27 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 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
- Jun 2, 2012, 5:27 PM MDT (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2012, 6:01 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 5:38 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | 16 E Eads, CO | POWER POLE SNAPPED HWY 96 MILE MARKER 182 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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.
102
WFUS55 KPUB 022327
TORPUB
COC061-030015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0012.120602T2327Z-120603T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
527 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 615 PM MDT
* AT 526 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED
TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRANDON...OR 31 MILES NORTH OF
LAMAR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHERIDAN LAKE AND TOWNER.
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 3827 10261 3841 10261 3863 10243 3862 10205
3860 10203 3828 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 237DEG 26KT 3850 10242
$$3 follow-up statements
374
WWUS55 KPUB 022338
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
538 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
COC061-030015-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120603T0015Z/
KIOWA CO-
538 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL
615 PM MDT...
AT 536 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
AND BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5
MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRANDON...OR 26 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHERIDAN LAKE AND TOWNER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3827 10261 3841 10261 3863 10243 3862 10205
3860 10203 3828 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 237DEG 26KT 3841 10234
$$460
WWUS55 KPUB 022352 RRA
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
552 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
COC061-030015-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120603T0015Z/
KIOWA CO-
552 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL
615 PM MDT...
AT 549 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
AND BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR TOWNER...OR 42 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTH AT 25
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOWNER AND RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN 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 3828 10212 3861 10221 3862 10205 3860 10203
3828 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 193DEG 24KT 3853 10206
$$278
WWUS55 KPUB 030001
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
601 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
COC061-030011-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120603T0015Z/
KIOWA CO-
601 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3828 10212 3861 10221 3862 10205 3860 10203
3828 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 193DEG 24KT 3859 10204
$$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, 5:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 39 min |
| Jun 2, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 45 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.