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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 12, 2014El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 12, 2014, 2:50 PM MDT for El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 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: Jul 12, 2014, 2:50 PM MDT (20:50 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2014, 3:15 PM MDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties El Paso County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 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: 73 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -257 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1359 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 47 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.

581 
WFUS55 KPUB 122050
TORPUB
COC041-101-122115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0015.140712T2050Z-140712T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
250 PM MDT SAT JUL 12 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 315 PM MDT

* AT 250 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HANOVER...OR
  19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  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...
  HANOVER AND MIDWAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3871 10462 3873 10446 3852 10433 3852 10468
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 352DEG 9KT 3865 10455 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

KAM

2 follow-up statements

138 
WWUS55 KPUB 122104
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
304 PM MDT SAT JUL 12 2014

COC041-101-122115-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140712T2115Z/
PUEBLO CO-EL PASO CO-
304 PM MDT SAT JUL 12 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT FOR NORTHERN
PUEBLO AND SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTIES...
    
AT 304 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HANOVER...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO
SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...
HANOVER AND MIDWAY. 

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 3871 10462 3873 10446 3852 10433 3852 10468
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 328DEG 12KT 3863 10453 

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

$$

KAM

683 
WWUS55 KPUB 122115
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
315 PM MDT SAT JUL 12 2014

COC041-101-122124-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140712T2115Z/
PUEBLO CO-EL PASO CO-
315 PM MDT SAT JUL 12 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN PUEBLO AND SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM MDT...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY
AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3871 10462 3873 10446 3852 10433 3852 10468
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 352DEG 9KT 3863 10453 

$$

KAM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 10:21 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	PUB	Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more	13 hr
Jul 12, 12:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	31 min
Jul 12, 12:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	35 min
Jul 12, 1:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso	2 hr
Jul 12, 1:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	48 min
Jul 12, 1:37 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	113 min
Jul 12, 1:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	27 min
Jul 12, 1:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	32 min
Jul 12, 2:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	29 min
Jul 12, 2:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	25 min
Jul 12, 2:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	38 min
Jul 12, 2:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	25 min
Jul 12, 2:50 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	115 min
Jul 12, 2:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	37 min
Jul 12, 3:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Fremont	3 hr
Jul 12, 3:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	46 min
Jul 12, 3:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	25 min
Jul 12, 3:50 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Fremont	3 hr
Jul 12, 3:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	25 min
Jul 12, 4:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	25 min
Jul 12, 4:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	52 min
Jul 12, 4:14 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Huerfano	3 hr
Jul 12, 4:20 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Fremont	115 min
Jul 12, 4:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	49 min
Jul 12, 4:56 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Teller	3 hr
Jul 12, 5:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	41 min
Jul 12, 5:05 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	3 hr
Jul 12, 5:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Custer, Fremont, Pueblo	113 min
Jul 12, 5:18 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Custer, Huerfano, Pueblo	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.