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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 1, 2016Bent County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 2016, 5:26 PM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 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: Jul 1, 2016, 5:26 PM MDT (23:26 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Bent County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 233 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: 23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 934 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

040 
WFUS55 KPUB 012326
TORPUB
COC011-020000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0012.160701T2326Z-160702T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
526 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 600 PM MDT
    
* AT 526 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 19 MILES EAST OF HIGBEE...OR 28 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF NORTH LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  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
  SOUTHERN BENT 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 3766 10321 3785 10327 3803 10296 3768 10281
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 252DEG 30KT 3774 10310 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

HODANISH

2 follow-up statements

406 
WWUS55 KPUB 012334
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
534 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016

COC011-020000-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160702T0000Z/
BENT CO-
534 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY...
    
AT 534 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 22 MILES SOUTH OF JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR...OR 31 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 35 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
SOUTHEASTERN BENT 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 3767 10309 3778 10318 3803 10296 3768 10281
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 252DEG 30KT 3776 10302 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

HODANISH

522 
WWUS55 KPUB 012345
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
545 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016

COC011-020000-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160702T0000Z/
BENT CO-
545 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY...
    
AT 545 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 21 MILES WEST OF TWO BUTTES RESERVOIR...OR 29 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 20 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN BENT 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 3769 10309 3781 10313 3803 10296 3768 10281
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 275DEG 18KT 3774 10297 

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

$$

HODANISH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 30, 8:05 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso	115 min
Jun 30, 8:09 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Baca, Prowers	111 min
Jul 1, 9:47 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 5 more	14 hr
Jul 1, 2:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	36 min
Jul 1, 2:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	52 min
Jul 1, 2:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	35 min
Jul 1, 2:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	46 min
Jul 1, 3:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	38 min
Jul 1, 3:35 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Huerfano, Pueblo	115 min
Jul 1, 3:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	38 min
Jul 1, 3:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	33 min
Jul 1, 4:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero, Pueblo	12 min
Jul 1, 4:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	51 min
Jul 1, 4:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	40 min
Jul 1, 4:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	47 min
Jul 1, 4:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	41 min
Jul 1, 4:54 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
Jul 1, 4:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	46 min
Jul 1, 5:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	43 min
Jul 1, 5:10 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Bent	3 hr
Jul 1, 5:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	32 min
Jul 1, 5:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	31 min
Jul 1, 5:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent	54 min
Jul 1, 5:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	27 min
Jul 1, 5:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Prowers	34 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.