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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2012, 7:06 PM MDT for Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 18 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 16, 2012, 7:06 PM MDT (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2012, 7:24 PM MDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 266 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
- 1194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1916 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
310 WFUS55 KPUB 170106 TORPUB COC009-071-170145- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0022.120617T0106Z-120617T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 706 PM MDT SAT JUN 16 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 745 PM MDT * AT 704 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF PRITCHETT...OR 25 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PRITCHETT. 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 3747 10285 3725 10285 3728 10320 3748 10309 TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 279DEG 10KT 3736 10307 $$
2 follow-up statements
760 WWUS55 KPUB 170116 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 716 PM MDT SAT JUN 16 2012 COC009-071-170145- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120617T0145Z/ BACA CO-LAS ANIMAS CO- 716 PM MDT SAT JUN 16 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM MDT... AT 712 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF PRITCHETT...OR 21 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PRITCHETT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3747 10285 3725 10285 3728 10320 3748 10309 TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 274DEG 13KT 3737 10298 $$
963 WWUS55 KPUB 170124 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 724 PM MDT SAT JUN 16 2012 COC009-071-170134- /O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120617T0145Z/ BACA CO-LAS ANIMAS CO- 724 PM MDT SAT JUN 16 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTIES 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 SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL BACA COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM MDT. LAT...LON 3747 10285 3725 10285 3728 10320 3748 10309 TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 274DEG 13KT 3737 10294 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 3:45 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 11 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:53 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 30 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.