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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 25, 2013Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 2013, 2:34 PM MDT for Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 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: Jul 25, 2013, 2:34 PM MDT (20:34 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2013, 3:00 PM MDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 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 20:37 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
Jul 25, 2:34 PM MDT	TORNADO	6 Ne Two Buttes, CO	NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TORNADO NEAR PROWERS AND BACA COUNTY LINE NORTHEAST OF TWO BUTTES. TORNADO HAS BEEN ON GROUND FOR AT LEAST 20 MINUTES.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 199 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: 24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -238 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1912 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

476 
WFUS55 KPUB 252034
TORPUB
COC009-099-252100-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0009.130725T2034Z-130725T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
234 PM MDT THU JUL 25 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 300 PM MDT

* AT 230 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF TWO BUTTES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

  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...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS 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 3755 10205 3752 10237 3774 10237 3796 10204
      3767 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 241DEG 24KT 3776 10209

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

3 follow-up statements

342 
WWUS55 KPUB 252046
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
246 PM MDT THU JUL 25 2013

COC009-099-252100-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130725T2100Z/
BACA CO-PROWERS CO-
246 PM MDT THU JUL 25 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS AND
NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM MDT...

AT 242 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTH OF
HOLLY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.

IMPACT...SPORADIC DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

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 3755 10205 3752 10237 3774 10237 3796 10204
      3767 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 241DEG 24KT 3779 10203

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

376 
WWUS55 KPUB 252052
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
252 PM MDT THU JUL 25 2013

COC009-099-252100-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130725T2100Z/
BACA CO-PROWERS CO-
252 PM MDT THU JUL 25 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS AND
NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM MDT...

AT 247 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF
TWO BUTTES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.

IMPACT...SPORADIC DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS 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 3755 10205 3752 10237 3774 10237 3796 10204
      3767 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 232DEG 18KT 3768 10219

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

855 
WWUS55 KPUB 252059
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
259 PM MDT THU JUL 25 2013

COC009-099-252109-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130725T2100Z/
BACA CO-PROWERS CO-
259 PM MDT THU JUL 25 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BACA
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM MDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO FURTHER 
LANDSPOUT TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.  THIS STORM NO LONGER POSES 
AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.  HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS AND 
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3755 10205 3752 10237 3774 10237 3796 10204
      3767 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 232DEG 18KT 3770 10215

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 24, 9:57 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	2 hr
Jul 25, 2:21 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PUB	Baca, Prowers	24 min
Jul 25, 3:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	39 min
Jul 25, 3:11 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PUB	Baca	34 min
Jul 25, 5:00 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Fremont	3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.