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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2016, 1:46 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report 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, 1:46 PM MDT (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2016, 2:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 2.75 in
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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 13, 1:58 PM MDT | TORNADO | 11 Sse Model, CO | TORNADO ROPING OUT. |
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 13, 1:27 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 307 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
- 1120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1377 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
411
WFUS55 KPUB 131946
TORPUB
COC071-132015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0011.160613T1946Z-160613T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
146 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 215 PM MDT
* AT 145 PM MDT...A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES
SOUTH OF MODEL...OR 17 MILES EAST OF TRINIDAD...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR 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 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 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 3708 10426 3725 10430 3735 10398 3708 10392
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 258DEG 12KT 3718 10420
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
PGW3 follow-up statements
205
WWUS55 KPUB 131957
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
157 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016
COC071-132015-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160613T2015Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
157 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...
AT 156 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MODEL...OR 19 MILES EAST OF TRINIDAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3708 10426 3725 10430 3735 10398 3708 10392
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 238DEG 9KT 3720 10415
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
PGW230
WWUS55 KPUB 132003
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
203 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016
COC071-132015-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160613T2015Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
203 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...
AT 202 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH OF TRINCHERA...OR 24 MILES EAST OF
TRINIDAD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.
SPOTTERS REPORT THE TORNADO LIFTED AROUND 158 PM. THIS STORM COULD
STILL PRODUCE A TORNADO AND LARGE HAIL.
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 3708 10418 3727 10424 3735 10398 3708 10392
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 254DEG 21KT 3722 10406
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
PGW816
WWUS55 KPUB 132011
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
211 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016
COC071-132020-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160613T2015Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
211 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 215 PM MDT...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3708 10418 3727 10424 3735 10398 3708 10392
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 258DEG 12KT 3722 10406
$$
PGWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 6:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 6:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 37 min |
| Jun 12, 6:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 16 min |
| Jun 12, 6:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 6:56 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 37 min |
| Jun 12, 7:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Pueblo | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 18 min |
| Jun 12, 7:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 7:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa | 25 min |
| Jun 12, 8:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 8:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa | 43 min |
| Jun 12, 8:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Otero | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 8:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 51 min |
| Jun 12, 8:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 9:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 59 min |
| Jun 12, 10:36 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Bent, Otero | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 9:47 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 28 min |
| Jun 13, 9:53 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 37 min |
| Jun 13, 10:09 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 10:23 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 37 min |
| Jun 13, 11:35 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 25 min |
| Jun 13, 11:55 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 35 min |
| Jun 13, 12:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 27 min |
| Jun 13, 12:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 1:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 1:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 35 min |
| Jun 13, 1:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 1:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo | 15 min |
| Jun 13, 1:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 27 min |
| Jun 13, 1:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 2:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 27 min |
| Jun 13, 2:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 2:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 2:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Douglas | 40 min |
| Jun 13, 2:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 24 min |
| Jun 13, 2:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 23 min |
| Jun 13, 3:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 28 min |
| Jun 13, 3:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 53 min |
| Jun 13, 3:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 3:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 3:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 30 min |
| Jun 13, 4:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 51 min |
| Jun 13, 4:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 4:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 26 min |
| Jun 13, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 30 min |
| Jun 13, 4:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 4:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 25 min |
| Jun 13, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 5:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 21 min |
| Jun 13, 5:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 5:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 25 min |
| Jun 13, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 12 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.