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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 5, 2014Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2014, 8:11 PM MDT for Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 min. 2 reports 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 5, 2014, 8:11 PM MDT (02:11 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2014, 8:45 PM MDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Bent County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 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 5, 8:19 PM MDT	HAIL 2.75	1 N Hasty, CO
Jun 5, 8:31 PM MDT	HAIL 1	2 N Hasty, 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 5, 2:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 480 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

017 
WFUS55 KPUB 060212
TORPUB
COC011-099-060245-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0001.140606T0211Z-140606T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
811 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 845 PM MDT
    
* AT 811 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HASTY...OR 20 MILES WEST OF LAMAR...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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...
  HASTY...MCCLAVE...JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR AND CADDOA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR 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 3826 10315 3826 10273 3801 10273 3788 10293
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 330DEG 22KT 3819 10297 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

ETP

2 follow-up statements

138 
WWUS55 KPUB 060225
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
823 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2014

COC011-099-060245-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140606T0245Z/
PROWERS CO-BENT CO-
823 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR WESTERN
PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES...
    
AT 823 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER HASTY...OR 16 MILES WEST OF LAMAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A BRIEF 
         TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR HASTY AROUND 805 PM MDT. 

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...
HASTY...MCCLAVE...JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR AND CADDOA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR 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 3826 10315 3826 10273 3801 10273 3788 10293
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 330DEG 22KT 3812 10292 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

ETP

786 
WWUS55 KPUB 060237
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
836 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2014

COC011-099-060245-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140606T0245Z/
PROWERS CO-BENT CO-
836 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR WESTERN
PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES...
    
AT 836 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MCCLAVE...OR 12 MILES WEST OF LAMAR...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL 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...
HASTY...MCCLAVE...JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR AND CADDOA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR 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 3826 10315 3826 10273 3801 10273 3788 10293
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 325DEG 22KT 3807 10284 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

ETP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 6:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	32 min
Jun 5, 6:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Elbert	27 min
Jun 5, 6:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	51 min
Jun 5, 6:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	32 min
Jun 5, 6:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	49 min
Jun 5, 7:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	35 min
Jun 5, 7:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	39 min
Jun 5, 7:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	30 min
Jun 5, 8:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	56 min
Jun 5, 8:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero, Pueblo	51 min
Jun 5, 8:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	43 min
Jun 5, 8:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	41 min
Jun 5, 8:42 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	33 min
Jun 5, 9:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	33 min
Jun 5, 9:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	25 min
Jun 5, 9:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	23 min
Jun 5, 9:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	23 min
Jun 5, 10:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	30 min
Jun 5, 10:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	26 min
Jun 5, 10:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa	51 min
Jun 5, 11:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	38 min
Jun 6, 12:13 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	92 min
Jun 6, 2:30 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Elbert	30 min
Jun 6, 12:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	45 min
Jun 6, 1:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	52 min
Jun 6, 1:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	43 min
Jun 6, 1:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	50 min
Jun 6, 1:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	35 min
Jun 6, 1:56 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PUB	Las Animas	34 min
Jun 6, 2:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	23 min
Jun 6, 2:23 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PUB	Las Animas	37 min
Jun 6, 2:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	32 min
Jun 6, 2:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	51 min
Jun 6, 2:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	49 min
Jun 6, 2:44 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
Jun 6, 2:52 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PUB	Las Animas	23 min
Jun 6, 2:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	36 min
Jun 6, 3:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	40 min
Jun 6, 3:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	52 min
Jun 6, 3:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	50 min
Jun 6, 3:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	50 min
Jun 6, 3:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	23 min
Jun 6, 3:17 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas	28 min
Jun 6, 3:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	19 min
Jun 6, 3:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	23 min
Jun 6, 3:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	45 min
Jun 6, 3:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	39 min
Jun 6, 3:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	34 min
Jun 6, 4:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	35 min
Jun 6, 4:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo	46 min
Jun 6, 4:15 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	60 min
Jun 6, 4:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	28 min
Jun 6, 4:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	27 min
Jun 6, 4:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	24 min
Jun 6, 4:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	37 min
Jun 6, 5:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	30 min
Jun 6, 5:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	91 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.