Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2012, 1:39 PM MDT for Custer County, Fremont County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 min. 2 reports 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 16, 2012, 1:39 PM MDT (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2012, 2:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Custer County, CO, Fremont County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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 16, 1:51 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Ne Hillside, CO | |
| Jun 16, 2:05 PM MDT | HAIL 1.5 | 5 Ne Hillside, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 258 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -402 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1050 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
069 WFUS55 KPUB 161939 TORPUB COC027-043-162015- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0021.120616T1939Z-120616T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 139 PM MDT SAT JUN 16 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... SOUTH CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 215 PM MDT * AT 135 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TEXAS CREEK...OR 46 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHERN FREMONT AND NORTHERN CUSTER 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. && LAT...LON 3832 10522 3816 10552 3830 10568 3846 10556 TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 301DEG 23KT 3829 10544 $$
3 follow-up statements
269 WWUS55 KPUB 161947 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 147 PM MDT SAT JUN 16 2012 COC027-043-162015- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120616T2015Z/ CUSTER CO-FREMONT CO- 147 PM MDT SAT JUN 16 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FREMONT AND NORTH CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM MDT... AT 143 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TEXAS CREEK...OR 47 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN CUSTER AND SOUTHERN FREMONT COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3844 10552 3832 10522 3816 10552 3830 10568 TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 299DEG 17KT 3829 10546 $$
089 WWUS55 KPUB 161954 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 154 PM MDT SAT JUN 16 2012 COC027-043-162015- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120616T2015Z/ CUSTER CO-FREMONT CO- 154 PM MDT SAT JUN 16 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FREMONT AND NORTH CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM MDT... AT 151 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 TEXAS CREEK...OR 45 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHERN FREMONT AND NORTHERN CUSTER 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. && LAT...LON 3840 10545 3832 10522 3816 10552 3830 10568 TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 299DEG 17KT 3827 10543 $$
151 WWUS55 KPUB 162017 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 217 PM MDT SAT JUN 16 2012 COC027-043-162025- /O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120616T2015Z/ CUSTER CO-FREMONT CO- 217 PM MDT SAT JUN 16 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FREMONT AND NORTH CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA...WITH PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM. LAT...LON 3840 10545 3832 10522 3816 10552 3830 10568 TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 299DEG 17KT 3827 10543 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 4:36 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 11 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 3:18 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 30 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 36 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.