Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2012, 9:25 PM MDT for Crowley County, El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 50 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 7, 2012, 9:25 PM MDT (03:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2012, 10:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:27 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 1009 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2384 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
700
WFUS55 KPUB 080325
TORPUB
COC025-041-101-080415-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0017.120608T0325Z-120608T0415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
925 PM MDT THU JUN 7 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 1015 PM MDT
* AT 923 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TRUCKTON...OR 34 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO
SPRINGS...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO...NORTHWESTERN CROWLEY
AND SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTIES.
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.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3874 10405 3874 10404 3853 10404 3853 10391
3841 10386 3836 10432 3874 10436 3882 10406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0325Z 340DEG 14KT 3867 10421
$$
KAM2 follow-up statements
700
WWUS55 KPUB 080339
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
939 PM MDT THU JUN 7 2012
COC025-041-101-080415-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120608T0415Z/
CROWLEY CO-PUEBLO CO-EL PASO CO-
939 PM MDT THU JUN 7 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO...
NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO AND NORTHWESTERN CROWLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM
MDT...
AT 937 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF TRUCKTON...OR 34 MILES NORTHEAST
OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO...NORTHWESTERN
CROWLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3866 10433 3873 10406 3871 10404 3853 10404
3853 10391 3841 10386 3836 10432
TIME...MOT...LOC 0339Z 340DEG 13KT 3863 10417
$$
KAM838
WWUS55 KPUB 080354
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
954 PM MDT THU JUN 7 2012
COC025-041-101-080415-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120608T0415Z/
CROWLEY CO-PUEBLO CO-EL PASO CO-
954 PM MDT THU JUN 7 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO...
NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO AND NORTHWESTERN CROWLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM
MDT...
AT 950 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF TRUCKTON...OR 34 MILES NORTHEAST
OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO...NORTHWESTERN CROWLEY
AND SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTIES.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3862 10432 3868 10418 3871 10405 3869 10404
3853 10404 3853 10391 3841 10386 3836 10432
TIME...MOT...LOC 0354Z 340DEG 13KT 3862 10417
$$
KAMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 6:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 37 min |
| Jun 7, 7:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 48 min |
| Jun 7, 8:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Jun 7, 8:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 54 min |
| Jun 7, 8:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 52 min |
| Jun 7, 8:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 63 min |
| Jun 7, 8:45 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 9:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 66 min |
| Jun 7, 10:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 10:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 28 min |
| Jun 8, 3:12 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 3:41 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 34 min |
| Jun 8, 2:17 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 6 more | 31 hr |
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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.