Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2012, 10:13 PM MDT for Crowley County, El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 47 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, 10:13 PM MDT (04:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2012, 11:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 47 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), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 166 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.
495
WFUS55 KPUB 080413
TORPUB
COC025-041-101-080500-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0018.120608T0413Z-120608T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1013 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 1100 PM MDT
* AT 1009 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF TRUCKTON...OR 34 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO...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.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3865 10404 3853 10404 3853 10398 3828 10388
3828 10429 3865 10430 3869 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 347DEG 12KT 3858 10414
$$3 follow-up statements
116
WWUS55 KPUB 080431
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1031 PM MDT THU JUN 7 2012
COC025-041-101-080500-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120608T0500Z/
CROWLEY CO-PUEBLO CO-EL PASO CO-
1031 PM MDT THU JUN 7 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO...
NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO AND NORTHWESTERN CROWLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM
MDT...
AT 1027 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF TRUCKTON...OR 33 MILES NORTHEAST
OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO...NORTHWESTERN CROWLEY
AND SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3828 10388 3828 10428 3865 10430 3868 10405
3865 10404 3853 10404 3853 10398
TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 347DEG 12KT 3857 10413
$$155
WWUS55 KPUB 080450
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1050 PM MDT THU JUN 7 2012
COC025-041-101-080500-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120608T0500Z/
CROWLEY CO-PUEBLO CO-EL PASO CO-
1050 PM MDT THU JUN 7 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO...
NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO AND NORTHWESTERN CROWLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM
MDT...
AT 1050 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TRUCKTON...OR 36 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO...NORTHEASTERN
PUEBLO AND NORTHWESTERN CROWLEY 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 3851 10398 3842 10393 3828 10388 3828 10426
3859 10430 3864 10430 3865 10427 3868 10408
3862 10404 3853 10404 3853 10399
TIME...MOT...LOC 0450Z 306DEG 8KT 3859 10408
$$197
WWUS55 KPUB 080500
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1100 PM MDT THU JUN 7 2012
COC025-041-101-080510-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120608T0500Z/
CROWLEY CO-PUEBLO CO-EL PASO CO-
1100 PM MDT THU JUN 7 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO...NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO
AND NORTHWESTERN CROWLEY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE AREA.
LAT...LON 3851 10398 3842 10393 3828 10388 3828 10426
3859 10430 3864 10430 3865 10427 3868 10408
3862 10404 3853 10404 3853 10399
TIME...MOT...LOC 0500Z 306DEG 8KT 3858 10406
$$The 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, 9:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 9:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 66 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.