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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 25, 2014Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2014, 8:13 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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 25, 2014, 8:13 PM MDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2014, 8:45 PM MDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 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 25, 8:16 PM MDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	1 E Bristol, CO
Jun 25, 8:44 PM MDT	HAIL 1.75	5 W Bristol, 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 25, 2:23 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 208 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: 3245 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 15 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.

885 
WFUS55 KPUB 260213
TORPUB
COC099-260245-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0012.140626T0213Z-140626T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
813 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM MDT

* AT 812 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER BRISTOL...OR 17 MILES EAST OF LAMAR...
  MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. 

  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...
  BRISTOL.

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 3808 10223 3809 10243 3823 10242 3822 10222
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 087DEG 11KT 3812 10231 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements

924 
WWUS55 KPUB 260228
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
828 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014

COC099-260245-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140626T0245Z/
PROWERS CO-
828 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY...
    
AT 827 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER BRISTOL...OR 14 MILES EAST OF LAMAR...MOVING WEST AT
15 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...
BRISTOL.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS.

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 3808 10223 3809 10243 3823 10242 3822 10222
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 092DEG 15KT 3813 10236 

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

$$

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116 
WWUS55 KPUB 260245
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
845 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014

COC099-260253-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140626T0245Z/
PROWERS CO-
845 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 845 PM MDT...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING IS NO LONGER 
PRODUCING STRONG ROTATION...AND SPOTTERS ARE NO LONGER SEEING 
FUNNEL CLOUDS...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3808 10223 3809 10243 3823 10242 3822 10222
TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 087DEG 11KT 3813 10236 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 6:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	34 min
Jun 25, 6:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	29 min
Jun 25, 7:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	29 min
Jun 25, 7:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	49 min
Jun 25, 7:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	38 min
Jun 25, 7:39 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Prowers	36 min
Jun 25, 8:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	45 min
Jun 25, 8:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	34 min
Jun 26, 1:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	30 min
Jun 26, 2:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	33 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.