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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 5, 2014Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2014, 8:42 PM MDT for Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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
Jun 5, 2014, 8:42 PM MDT (02:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2014, 9:15 PM MDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.0 in

Counties Bent County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 9:06 PM MDTHAIL 213 W Lamar, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 5, 2:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 218 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2014-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 480 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2014-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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The text

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

490 
WFUS55 KPUB 060243
TORPUB
COC011-099-060315-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0002.140606T0242Z-140606T0315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  EAST CENTRAL BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 915 PM MDT
    
* AT 842 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF MCCLAVE...OR 10 MILES WEST OF
  LAMAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. 

  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. 

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  WEST CENTRAL PROWERS AND EAST CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES.

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 3802 10301 3813 10278 3787 10248 3772 10277
      3787 10292
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 325DEG 21KT 3803 10281 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

ETP
2 follow-up statements
633 
WWUS55 KPUB 060257
SVSPUB

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

COC011-099-060315-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140606T0315Z/
PROWERS CO-BENT CO-
856 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM MDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL PROWERS AND EAST CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES...
    
AT 856 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCCLAVE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LAMAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH 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. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WEST CENTRAL PROWERS AND EAST CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES.

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 3802 10301 3813 10278 3787 10248 3772 10277
      3787 10292
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 321DEG 17KT 3803 10277 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

ETP
302 
WWUS55 KPUB 060312
SVSPUB

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

COC011-099-060321-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140606T0315Z/
PROWERS CO-BENT CO-
911 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL PROWERS AND EAST CENTRAL BENT
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM MDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3802 10301 3813 10278 3787 10248 3772 10277
      3787 10292
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 325DEG 21KT 3803 10277 

$$

ETP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 6:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas32 min
Jun 5, 6:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBElbert27 min
Jun 5, 6:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas51 min
Jun 5, 6:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso32 min
Jun 5, 6:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa49 min
Jun 5, 7:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso35 min
Jun 5, 7:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers39 min
Jun 5, 7:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso30 min
Jun 5, 8:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso56 min
Jun 5, 8:11 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent, Prowers34 min
Jun 5, 8:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero, Pueblo51 min
Jun 5, 8:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso43 min
Jun 5, 8:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso41 min
Jun 5, 9:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent33 min
Jun 5, 9:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso25 min
Jun 5, 9:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso23 min
Jun 5, 9:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso23 min
Jun 5, 10:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso30 min
Jun 5, 10:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley26 min
Jun 5, 10:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Kiowa51 min
Jun 5, 11:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa38 min
Jun 6, 12:13 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers92 min
Jun 6, 2:30 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBElbert30 min
Jun 6, 12:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas45 min
Jun 6, 1:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas52 min
Jun 6, 1:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas43 min
Jun 6, 1:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller50 min
Jun 6, 1:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso35 min
Jun 6, 1:56 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBLas Animas34 min
Jun 6, 2:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso23 min
Jun 6, 2:23 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBLas Animas37 min
Jun 6, 2:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller32 min
Jun 6, 2:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso51 min
Jun 6, 2:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers49 min
Jun 6, 2:44 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jun 6, 2:52 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBLas Animas23 min
Jun 6, 2:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller36 min
Jun 6, 3:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo40 min
Jun 6, 3:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas52 min
Jun 6, 3:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas50 min
Jun 6, 3:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa50 min
Jun 6, 3:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas23 min
Jun 6, 3:17 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Las Animas28 min
Jun 6, 3:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso19 min
Jun 6, 3:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo23 min
Jun 6, 3:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers45 min
Jun 6, 3:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo39 min
Jun 6, 3:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso34 min
Jun 6, 4:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca35 min
Jun 6, 4:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo46 min
Jun 6, 4:15 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers60 min
Jun 6, 4:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas28 min
Jun 6, 4:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa27 min
Jun 6, 4:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas24 min
Jun 6, 4:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca37 min
Jun 6, 5:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas30 min
Jun 6, 5:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa91 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.