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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 6, 2014Las Animas County, Colorado

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 6, 12:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2014-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 367 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 12:00Z on 2014-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 238 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$
PGW

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, 8:42 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent, Prowers33 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, 2:54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.