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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2012, 4:03 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 12 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 14, 2012, 4:03 PM MDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2012, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 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 14, 4:03 PM MDT | TORNADO | 14 Ne Two Buttes, CO |
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 14, 2:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 2225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
232 WFUS55 KPUB 142203 TORPUB COC099-142215- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0019.120614T2203Z-120614T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 403 PM MDT THU JUN 14 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 415 PM MDT * AT 401 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF TWO BUTTES...OR 21 MILES NORTH OF THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS 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 THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3795 10206 3769 10205 3765 10210 3767 10236 TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 210DEG 6KT 3775 10217 $$
1 follow-up statement
892 WWUS55 KPUB 142205 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 405 PM MDT THU JUN 14 2012 COC099-142215- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120614T2215Z/ PROWERS CO- 405 PM MDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM MDT... AT 401 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF TWO BUTTES...OR 21 MILES NORTH OF THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. MANY REPORTS FROM THE PUBLIC INDICATE A ROPE TORNADO IS IN PROGRESS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3795 10206 3769 10205 3765 10210 3767 10236 TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 210DEG 6KT 3775 10217 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 4:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 26 min |
| Jun 14, 5:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 23 min |
Nearby
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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.