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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 18, 2013Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2013, 5:57 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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 18, 2013, 5:57 PM MDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2013, 6:30 PM MDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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 18, 6:05 PM MDT	HAIL 1.25	18 S Lamar, 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 18, 1:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 227 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: 469 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1285 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -10 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.

127 
WFUS55 KPUB 182357
TORPUB
COC099-190030-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0006.130618T2357Z-130619T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
557 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT

* AT 552 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF TWO BUTTES...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  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 SOUTHERN PROWERS 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 3791 10239 3768 10231 3765 10263 3784 10267
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 250DEG 9KT 3773 10257

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

$$

2 follow-up statements

015 
WWUS55 KPUB 190010
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
610 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

COC099-190030-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130619T0030Z/
PROWERS CO-
610 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PROWERS
COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM MDT...

AT 606 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF TWO BUTTES...AND MOVING EAST AT 5
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

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 SOUTHERN PROWERS COUNTY EAST OF HIGHWAY 287.

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 3785 10263 3791 10239 3768 10231 3765 10260
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 263DEG 6KT 3770 10252

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

023 
WWUS55 KPUB 190028
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
628 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

COC099-190038-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130619T0030Z/
PROWERS CO-
628 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 630 PM MDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA AND THE ROTATION HAS WEAKENED.  HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND 
DAMAGING WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AND A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA.

LAT...LON 3785 10263 3791 10239 3768 10231 3765 10260
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 263DEG 6KT 3770 10248

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 6:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	40 min
Jun 17, 6:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	47 min
Jun 17, 6:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	46 min
Jun 17, 8:17 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Prowers	103 min
Jun 18, 3:58 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more	35 hr
Jun 18, 3:58 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more	40 hr
Jun 18, 1:24 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Las Animas	2 hr
Jun 18, 2:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Saguache	43 min
Jun 18, 2:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Saguache	40 min
Jun 18, 3:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	47 min
Jun 18, 3:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	46 min
Jun 18, 4:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo	46 min
Jun 18, 4:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	41 min
Jun 18, 5:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	48 min
Jun 18, 5:32 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Prowers	28 min
Jun 18, 5:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Prowers	43 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.