Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 2013, 3:11 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 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
- Jul 25, 2013, 3:11 PM MDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2013, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Baca County, CO
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 198 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1912 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
716 WFUS55 KPUB 252111 TORPUB COC009-252145- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0010.130725T2111Z-130725T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 311 PM MDT THU JUL 25 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 345 PM MDT * AT 310 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF TWO BUTTES...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO. SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. IMPACT...SPORADIC DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WALSH. 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 3727 10205 3738 10244 3764 10231 3765 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 287DEG 9KT 3757 10221 TORNADO...OBSERVED HAIL...<.75IN $$
4 follow-up statements
714
WWUS55 KPUB 252121
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
321 PM MDT THU JUL 25 2013
COC009-252145-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130725T2145Z/
BACA CO-
321 PM MDT THU JUL 25 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY
UNTIL 345 PM MDT...
AT 318 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF THE
SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...SPORADIC DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME EASTERN BACA COUNTY EAST OF TWO BUTTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3727 10205 3731 10221 3736 10239 3764 10221
3765 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 297DEG 17KT 3748 10214
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$564
WWUS55 KPUB 252129
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
329 PM MDT THU JUL 25 2013
COC009-252145-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130725T2145Z/
BACA CO-
329 PM MDT THU JUL 25 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY
UNTIL 345 PM MDT...
AT 328 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...SPORADIC DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME EASTERN BACA COUNTY EAST OF WALSH.
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 3727 10205 3733 10228 3735 10235 3762 10223
3764 10221 3765 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 298DEG 20KT 3741 10208
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$237 WWUS55 KPUB 252134 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 334 PM MDT THU JUL 25 2013 COC009-252145- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130725T2145Z/ BACA CO- 334 PM MDT THU JUL 25 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM MDT... AT 331 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IMPACT...SPORADIC DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME EASTERN BACA COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3727 10205 3733 10227 3761 10214 3762 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 298DEG 20KT 3738 10208 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...0.00IN $$
073 WWUS55 KPUB 252141 RRA SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 341 PM MDT THU JUL 25 2013 COC009-252151- /O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130725T2145Z/ BACA CO- 341 PM MDT THU JUL 25 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM MDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3727 10205 3733 10227 3761 10214 3762 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 298DEG 20KT 3736 10204 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 9:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 2:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 24 min |
| Jul 25, 2:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 26 min |
| Jul 25, 3:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 39 min |
| Jul 25, 5:00 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Fremont | 3 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.