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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 4, 2013Bent County, Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2013, 7:05 PM MDT for Bent County, Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 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: Jun 4, 2013, 7:05 PM MDT (01:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2013, 7:30 PM MDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jun 4, 7:35 PM MDT	TORNADO	1 Sw Sweetwater Reservo, CO	TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO IN THE SWEETWATER RESEVOIR AREA.

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
Jun 4, 3:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 168 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 200 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2035 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

545 
WFUS55 KPUB 050105
TORPUB
COC011-061-099-050130-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0002.130605T0105Z-130605T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
705 PM MDT TUE JUN 4 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  NORTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 730 PM MDT

* AT 704 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF HASWELL...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
           SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
           OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
           EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EADS...SWEETWATER RESERVOIR...NEEGRONDA RESERVOIR...NEENOSHE
  RESERVOIR...QUEENS RESERVOIR AND CHIVINGTON.

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 3815 10273 3840 10316 3863 10291 3862 10287
      3843 10241
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 298DEG 30KT 3843 10297

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

KAM

2 follow-up statements

233 
WWUS55 KPUB 050117
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
717 PM MDT TUE JUN 4 2013

COC011-061-099-050130-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130605T0130Z/
BENT CO-PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO-
717 PM MDT TUE JUN 4 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KIOWA...
NORTHWESTERN PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM
MDT...

AT 715 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF SWEETWATER RESERVOIR...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
         SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
         OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
         EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SWEETWATER RESERVOIR...NEEGRONDA RESERVOIR...NEENOSHE RESERVOIR...
QUEENS RESERVOIR AND CHIVINGTON.

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 3815 10273 3836 10308 3860 10283 3843 10241
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 298DEG 30KT 3838 10286

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

KAM

823 
WWUS55 KPUB 050125
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
725 PM MDT TUE JUN 4 2013

COC011-061-099-050135-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130605T0130Z/
BENT CO-PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO-
725 PM MDT TUE JUN 4 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL KIOWA...NORTHWESTERN PROWERS AND
NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES IS BEING REISSUED...

PLEASE REFER TO THAT BULLETIN FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER
INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3815 10273 3836 10308 3860 10283 3843 10241
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 298DEG 30KT 3834 10279

$$

KAM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 6:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	50 min
Jun 4, 6:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent	48 min
Jun 4, 7:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	37 min
Jun 4, 7:26 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	34 min
Jun 4, 7:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	32 min
Jun 4, 7:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	40 min
Jun 5, 12:28 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	47 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.