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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 13, 2016Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2016, 1:25 PM MDT for Las Animas 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 13, 2016, 1:25 PM MDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2016, 2:00 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.0 in

County Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 1:45 PM MDTTORNADO10 S Model, CO.
Jun 13, 1:58 PM MDTTORNADO11 Sse Model, COTORNADO ROPING OUT.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 314 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2016-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2016-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -115 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3026 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

548 
WFUS55 KPUB 131925
TORPUB
COC071-132000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0010.160613T1925Z-160613T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
125 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 200 PM MDT
    
* AT 125 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOEHNE...OR 11 MILES EAST
  OF TRINIDAD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

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

  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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS 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 3707 10437 3726 10446 3734 10410 3706 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 261DEG 9KT 3717 10430 

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

$$

PGW
3 follow-up statements
295 
WWUS55 KPUB 131935
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
135 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016

COC071-132000-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160613T2000Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
135 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...
    
AT 135 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOEHNE...OR 14 MILES EAST OF
TRINIDAD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS 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 3707 10437 3726 10446 3734 10410 3706 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 270DEG 19KT 3717 10425 

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

$$

PGW
590 
WWUS55 KPUB 131939
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
139 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016

COC071-132000-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160613T2000Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
139 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...
    
AT 139 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOEHNE...OR 14 MILES EAST OF
TRINIDAD...MOVING EAST 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...
HOEHNE.

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 3707 10430 3728 10438 3734 10410 3706 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 261DEG 9KT 3717 10424 

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

$$

PGW
189 
WWUS55 KPUB 131943
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
143 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016

COC071-132000-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160613T2000Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
143 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...
    
AT 142 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF MODEL...OR 16 MILES EAST OF TRINIDAD...
MOVING EAST AT 15 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...
HOEHNE.

A WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTS A RAPIDLY ROTATING WALL CLOUD. 

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 3707 10430 3728 10438 3734 10410 3706 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 258DEG 12KT 3718 10421 

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

$$

PGW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 6:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso45 min
Jun 12, 6:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa37 min
Jun 12, 6:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo16 min
Jun 12, 6:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo34 min
Jun 12, 6:56 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso, Pueblo3 hr
Jun 12, 6:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa37 min
Jun 12, 7:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Pueblo34 min
Jun 12, 7:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso18 min
Jun 12, 7:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero46 min
Jun 12, 7:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Kiowa25 min
Jun 12, 8:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa48 min
Jun 12, 8:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa43 min
Jun 12, 8:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Otero35 min
Jun 12, 8:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa51 min
Jun 12, 8:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero47 min
Jun 12, 9:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa, Prowers59 min
Jun 12, 10:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBBent, Otero3 hr
Jun 13, 9:47 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont28 min
Jun 13, 9:53 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller37 min
Jun 13, 10:09 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont36 min
Jun 13, 10:23 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller37 min
Jun 13, 11:35 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano25 min
Jun 13, 11:55 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano35 min
Jun 13, 12:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano27 min
Jun 13, 12:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas29 min
Jun 13, 1:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas38 min
Jun 13, 1:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano32 min
Jun 13, 1:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo15 min
Jun 13, 1:46 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBLas Animas29 min
Jun 13, 1:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas27 min
Jun 13, 1:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller33 min
Jun 13, 2:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo27 min
Jun 13, 2:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Pueblo39 min
Jun 13, 2:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas36 min
Jun 13, 2:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBDouglas40 min
Jun 13, 2:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas24 min
Jun 13, 2:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo23 min
Jun 13, 3:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso28 min
Jun 13, 3:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo53 min
Jun 13, 3:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo32 min
Jun 13, 3:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso36 min
Jun 13, 3:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo30 min
Jun 13, 4:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso51 min
Jun 13, 4:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo29 min
Jun 13, 4:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers26 min
Jun 13, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso30 min
Jun 13, 4:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers44 min
Jun 13, 4:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca25 min
Jun 13, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Prowers45 min
Jun 13, 5:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca21 min
Jun 13, 5:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso39 min
Jun 13, 5:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers25 min
Jun 13, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso12 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.