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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 17, 2013Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2013, 5:36 PM MDT for Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 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 17, 2013, 5:36 PM MDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2013, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.5 in

County Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 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 17, 5:36 PM MDT	TORNADO	6 N La Junta, CO

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 17, 2:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 197 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2430 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

347 
WFUS55 KPUB 172336
TORPUB
COC089-180000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0004.130617T2336Z-130618T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
536 PM MDT MON JUN 17 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 600 PM MDT

* AT 532 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CHERAW...AND
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHERAW AND MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN OTERO 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 3811 10368 3811 10362 3817 10362 3817 10352
      3820 10351 3820 10350 3815 10340 3798 10340
      3797 10340
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 306DEG 9KT 3811 10350

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

2 follow-up statements

760 
WWUS55 KPUB 172348
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
548 PM MDT MON JUN 17 2013

COC089-180000-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130618T0000Z/
OTERO CO-
548 PM MDT MON JUN 17 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY
UNTIL 600 PM MDT...

AT 545 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF CHERAW...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 
10 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...AT 537 PM WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN OTERO 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.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3811 10368 3811 10362 3817 10362 3817 10352 
3815 10340 3798 10340 3797 10340
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 306DEG 9KT 3809 10345

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

457 
WWUS55 KPUB 180002
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
602 PM MDT MON JUN 17 2013

COC089-180012-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130618T0000Z/
OTERO CO-
602 PM MDT MON JUN 17 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OTERO 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.
HOWEVER...PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH ARE STILL 
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3811 10368 3811 10362 3817 10362 3817 10352
      3815 10340 3798 10340 3797 10340
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 306DEG 9KT 3809 10345

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 6:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	47 min
Jun 17, 2:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	48 min
Jun 17, 3:26 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more	13 hr
Jun 17, 4:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley	42 min
Jun 17, 4:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley	39 min
Jun 17, 5:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	43 min

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.