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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2013, 7:26 PM MDT for Bent County, Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 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, 7:26 PM MDT (01:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2013, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 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), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
234
WFUS55 KPUB 050126
TORPUB
COC011-061-099-050200-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0003.130605T0126Z-130605T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
726 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 800 PM MDT
* AT 723 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SWEETWATER RESERVOIR...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 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...
LAMAR...SWEETWATER RESERVOIR...NEEGRONDA RESERVOIR...NEENOSHE
RESERVOIR...QUEENS RESERVOIR AND WILEY.
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 3832 10228 3803 10266 3834 10298 3854 10277
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 308DEG 27KT 3836 10282
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
KAM3 follow-up statements
706
WWUS55 KPUB 050131
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
731 PM MDT TUE JUN 4 2013
COC011-061-099-050200-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130605T0200Z/
BENT CO-PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO-
731 PM MDT TUE JUN 4 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KIOWA...
NORTHWESTERN PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM
MDT...
AT 727 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SWEETWATER
RESERVOIR...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAMAR...SWEETWATER RESERVOIR...NEEGRONDA RESERVOIR...NEENOSHE
RESERVOIR...QUEENS RESERVOIR AND WILEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND NEAR SWEET WATER RESERVOIR.
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3832 10228 3803 10266 3834 10298 3854 10277
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 308DEG 27KT 3834 10279
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
KAM799
WWUS55 KPUB 050141
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
741 PM MDT TUE JUN 4 2013
COC011-061-099-050200-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130605T0200Z/
BENT CO-PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO-
741 PM MDT TUE JUN 4 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA...
NORTHWESTERN PROWERS AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES UNTIL 800
PM MDT...
AT 739 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEEGRONDA
RESERVOIR...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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...
LAMAR...QUEENS RESERVOIR AND WILEY.
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 3835 10286 3849 10266 3832 10228 3803 10266
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 306DEG 26KT 3831 10271
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
KAM863 WWUS55 KPUB 050153 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 753 PM MDT TUE JUN 4 2013 COC011-061-099-050201- /O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130605T0200Z/ BENT CO-PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO- 753 PM MDT TUE JUN 4 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA...NORTHWESTERN PROWERS AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM MDT... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. LAT...LON 3835 10286 3849 10266 3832 10228 3803 10266 TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 306DEG 26KT 3827 10264 $$ 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, 7:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 7:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 37 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.