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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 23, 2012, 5:35 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 10 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
- Aug 23, 2012, 5:35 PM MDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2012, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 5:36 PM MDT | TORNADO | 4 E Sheridan Lake, CO | ROPE TORNADO ON THE GROUND FOR THE PAST 3 MINUTES |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
339
WFUS55 KPUB 232335
TORPUB
COC061-232345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0023.120823T2335Z-120823T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
535 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 545 PM MDT
* AT 533 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
SHERIDAN LAKE...OR 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR. DOPPLER RADAR
SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN KIOWA 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3846 10232 3857 10232 3863 10218 3862 10213
3862 10212 3848 10206
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 253DEG 12KT 3851 10228
$$1 follow-up statement
804
WWUS55 KPUB 232350
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
550 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2012
COC061-232359-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120823T2345Z/
KIOWA CO-
550 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO NEW REPORTS OF TORNADO ACTIVITY WITH THIS SMALL
STORM.
LAT...LON 3846 10232 3857 10232 3863 10218 3862 10213
3862 10212 3848 10206
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 253DEG 12KT 3851 10228
$$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.