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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2012, 2:21 AM MDT for Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 39 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
- Apr 27, 2012, 2:21 AM MDT (08:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2012, 3:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2:40 AM MDT | TORNADO | 10 Ne Lamar, CO | PUBLIC REPORT VIA PROWERS COUNTY COMMS...TIME APPROXIMATE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 9:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 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
- 95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
141 WFUS55 KPUB 270821 TORPUB COC061-099-270900- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0007.120427T0821Z-120427T0900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 221 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTH CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 300 AM MDT * AT 158 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAMAR. AT 216 AM MDT...A TORNADIC CIRCULATION WAS ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... QUEENS RESERVOIR...NEENOSHE RESERVOIR...CHIVINGTON AND BRANDON. 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. TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3861 10276 3861 10231 3813 10242 3813 10265 TIME...MOT...LOC 0819Z 180DEG 32KT 3824 10253 $$
4 follow-up statements
372 WWUS55 KPUB 270834 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 234 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 COC099-270839- /O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120427T0900Z/ PROWERS CO- 234 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF PROWERS COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3861 10276 3861 10231 3827 10244 3827 10261 TIME...MOT...LOC 0829Z 181DEG 34KT 3833 10253 $$ COC061-270900- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120427T0900Z/ KIOWA CO- 234 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL 300 AM MDT... AT 229 AM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF CHIVINGTON...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. A LARGE TORANADO IS LIKELY ON THE GROUND...HEADED FOR THE CHIVINGTON AND BRANDON AREAS. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHIVINGTON AND BRANDON. 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. TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3861 10276 3861 10231 3827 10244 3827 10261 TIME...MOT...LOC 0829Z 181DEG 34KT 3833 10253 $$
397 WWUS55 KPUB 270842 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 242 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 COC061-270900- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120427T0900Z/ KIOWA CO- 242 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL 300 AM MDT... AT 238 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHIVINGTON...OR 24 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR... MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHIVINGTON...BRANDON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3861 10276 3861 10231 3841 10246 3841 10257 TIME...MOT...LOC 0841Z 181DEG 23KT 3843 10252 $$
014 WWUS55 KPUB 270851 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 251 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 COC061-270900- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120427T0900Z/ KIOWA CO- 251 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL 300 AM MDT... AT 246 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRANDON...OR 30 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN KIOWA COUNTY. 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. TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3861 10276 3861 10231 3846 10243 3846 10254 TIME...MOT...LOC 0850Z 181DEG 23KT 3853 10248 $$
669 WWUS55 KPUB 270906 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 306 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 COC061-270910- /O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120427T0900Z/ KIOWA CO- 306 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...ANOTHER TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES INCLUDING THE CHIVINGTON AND BRANDON AREAS... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING OVER NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...ANOTHER TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TORNADIC STORMS OVER THE CHIVINGTON AND BRANDON AREAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3861 10276 3861 10231 3846 10243 3846 10254 TIME...MOT...LOC 0851Z 181DEG 23KT 3854 10248 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 6:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 6:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 6:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 10:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 22 min |
| Apr 27, 12:22 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 12:46 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 1:09 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 1:25 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 1:44 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 19 min |
| Apr 27, 1:55 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 2:43 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 2:56 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 13 min |
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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.