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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 4, 2015El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2015, 5:40 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 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 4, 2015, 5:40 PM MDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2015, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.75 in

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 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 4, 5:41 PM MDT	TORNADO	2 E Ramah, CO	LIFTED AT APPROXIMATELY 545 PM.
Jun 4, 6:04 PM MDT	TORNADO	5 Se Ramah, CO	STILL ON GROUND

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 122 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: 1510 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -159 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 900 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

619 
WFUS55 KPUB 042340
TORPUB
COC041-050015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0031.150604T2340Z-150605T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
540 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 615 PM MDT

* AT 538 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SIMLA...OR 24
  MILES WEST OF LIMON...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

THIS TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED ON THE GROUND FOR THE LAST 20 
MINUTES.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RAMAH AROUND 550 PM MDT.

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 YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3896 10405 3897 10431 3913 10425 3913 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 005DEG 6KT 3914 10412 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

HODANISH

4 follow-up statements

023 
WWUS55 KPUB 042343
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
543 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015

COC041-050015-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-150605T0015Z/
EL PASO CO-
543 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...
    
AT 542 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SIMLA...OR 24
MILES WEST OF LIMON...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT EXTREME NORTHEAST EL PASO 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 YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3896 10405 3897 10431 3913 10421 3913 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 005DEG 6KT 3913 10412 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

HODANISH

716 
WWUS55 KPUB 042352
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
552 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015

COC041-050015-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-150605T0015Z/
EL PASO CO-
552 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...
    
AT 550 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF RAMAH...OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
LIMON...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

THE TORNADO HAS LIFTED...BUT ROTATION IS STILL STRONG. THIS STORM 
COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER TORNADO AT ANY TIME.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  

  RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY

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 YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3896 10405 3897 10425 3913 10421 3913 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 002DEG 7KT 3911 10412 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

HODANISH

908 
WWUS55 KPUB 050001
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
601 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015

COC041-050015-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-150605T0015Z/
EL PASO CO-
601 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...
    
AT 559 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF  SIMLA...OR 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
LIMON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EXTREME NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY. 

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 YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3896 10414 3913 10421 3913 10405 3896 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 326DEG 7KT 3910 10410 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

HODANISH

154 
WWUS55 KPUB 050005
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
605 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015

COC041-050015-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-150605T0015Z/
EL PASO CO-
605 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...
    
AT 604 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SIMLA...OR 24
MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND THREE INCH HAIL. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RAMAH.

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 YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3896 10411 3913 10417 3913 10405 3896 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 339DEG 8KT 3908 10408 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...3.00IN

$$

HODANISH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 9:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	36 min
Jun 3, 9:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero, Pueblo	47 min
Jun 3, 10:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero, Pueblo	38 min
Jun 3, 11:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	35 min
Jun 3, 11:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	33 min
Jun 4, 12:13 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa	30 min
Jun 4, 5:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Elbert	40 min
Jun 4, 5:16 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso	29 min

Nearby

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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.