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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 11, 2015Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2015, 7:50 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 min. 4 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 11, 2015, 7:50 PM MDT (01:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2015, 8:15 PM MDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Baca County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 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 11, 7:55 PM MDT	HAIL 1.75	Springfield, CO
Jun 11, 8:04 PM MDT	HAIL 2	Springfield, CO
Jun 11, 8:07 PM MDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 W Springfield, CO	10+ POWER POLES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 160.
Jun 11, 8:22 PM MDT	TSTM WND DMG	Springfield, CO	REPORTS OF MULTIPLE POWER POLES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 160/ CTTY RD 21/ MM463 AND ON MAIN STREET.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 11, 12:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 246 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: 789 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 5.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

439 
WFUS55 KPUB 120151
TORPUB
COC009-120215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0034.150612T0150Z-150612T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
750 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 815 PM MDT
    
* AT 750 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST
  AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SPRINGFIELD AROUND 805 PM MDT.
  VILAS AROUND 815 PM MDT.

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 3740 10287 3757 10281 3751 10230 3721 10242
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 285DEG 28KT 3747 10275 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

ETP

2 follow-up statements

275 
WWUS55 KPUB 120157
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
756 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2015

COC009-120215-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-150612T0215Z/
BACA CO-
756 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
BACA COUNTY...
    
AT 756 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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. 

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SPRINGFIELD AROUND 810 PM MDT.
  VILAS AROUND 815 PM MDT.

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 3740 10287 3757 10281 3751 10230 3721 10242
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 282DEG 26KT 3748 10271 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

ETP

916 
WWUS55 KPUB 120203
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
802 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2015

COC009-120215-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-150612T0215Z/
BACA CO-
802 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL BACA COUNTY...
    
AT 802 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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. 

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SPRINGFIELD AROUND 805 PM MDT.
  VILAS AROUND 815 PM MDT.

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 3738 10276 3756 10272 3752 10238 3726 10244
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 284DEG 29KT 3747 10263 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

ETP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 6:00 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso	2 hr
Jun 11, 6:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Prowers	33 min
Jun 11, 6:13 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Pueblo	92 min
Jun 11, 6:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	41 min
Jun 11, 6:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	36 min
Jun 11, 6:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	40 min
Jun 11, 6:54 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers	3 hr
Jun 11, 6:58 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso, Teller	92 min
Jun 11, 7:04 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	116 min
Jun 11, 7:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	23 min
Jun 11, 7:19 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	116 min
Jun 11, 7:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	44 min
Jun 11, 7:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	29 min
Jun 11, 8:11 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Baca	34 min
Jun 11, 8:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	50 min
Jun 11, 8:43 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Baca	32 min
Jun 11, 8:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	46 min
Jun 11, 9:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	24 min
Jun 11, 9:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	33 min
Jun 11, 9:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	14 min
Jun 11, 10:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	46 min
Jun 11, 10:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Fremont	118 min
Jun 11, 11:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	45 min
Jun 12, 4:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	39 min
Jun 12, 4:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		39 min
Jun 12, 5:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	52 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.