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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2014, 2:52 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 23 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
- Jun 6, 2014, 2:52 PM MDT (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2014, 3:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 2.0 in
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 6, 12:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 302 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 367 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -256 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1813 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
850
WFUS55 KPUB 062052
TORPUB
COC071-062115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0005.140606T2052Z-140606T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
252 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 315 PM MDT
* AT 252 PM MDT...A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MODEL...OR 23 MILES EAST OF TRINIDAD...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER.
SOURCE...RADAR 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.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.
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 3711 10414 3730 10421 3743 10384 3717 10372
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 249DEG 20KT 3722 10409
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
PGWThe 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, 8:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 34 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 | 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 | 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, 2:54 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 |
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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.