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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 16, 2012Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado

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.

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1194 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 7:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca32 min
Jun 17, 3:45 AM MDTFire Weather WatchPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more11 hr
Jun 17, 2:53 PM MDTRed Flag WarningPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more30 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.