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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2013, 6:00 PM MDT for Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 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
- Jun 18, 2013, 6:00 PM MDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2013, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Baca County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 192 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2177 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
108
WFUS55 KPUB 190000
TORPUB
COC009-099-190030-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0007.130619T0000Z-130619T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
600 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 630 PM MDT
* AT 556 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST 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 NORTHEASTERN BACA AND SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.
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 3749 10204 3745 10230 3764 10236 3771 10204
3767 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 256DEG 10KT 3756 10222
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$3 follow-up statements
830
WWUS55 KPUB 190009
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
609 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013
COC009-099-190030-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130619T0030Z/
BACA CO-PROWERS CO-
609 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS AND
NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM MDT...
AT 606 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES EAST OF TWO BUTTES...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN BACA AND SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3749 10204 3749 10225 3764 10231 3771 10204
3767 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 256DEG 10KT 3757 10219
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$632
WWUS55 KPUB 190021
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
621 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013
COC009-099-190030-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130619T0030Z/
BACA CO-PROWERS CO-
621 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS AND
NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM MDT...
AT 619 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...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 NORTHEASTERN BACA AND SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS
COUNTIES.
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 3749 10204 3749 10225 3764 10231 3771 10204
3767 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 256DEG 10KT 3758 10215
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$877
WWUS55 KPUB 190028 RRA
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
628 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013
COC009-099-190038-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130619T0030Z/
BACA CO-PROWERS CO-
628 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BACA
COUNTIES IS BEING REISSUED...
PLEASE REFER TO THAT BULLETIN FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER
INFORMATION. HOWEVER...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3749 10204 3749 10225 3764 10231 3771 10204
3767 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 256DEG 10KT 3758 10213
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 6:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 6:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 44 min |
| Jun 18, 6:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 1:10 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 2:56 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 19, 2:56 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 29 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.