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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 2016, 8:22 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 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, 8:22 PM MDT (02:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2016, 8:46 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Baca County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 209 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2171 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
701
WFUS55 KPUB 020223
TORPUB
COC009-020300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0013.160702T0222Z-160702T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
822 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 900 PM MDT
* AT 822 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CAMPO...OR 22 MILES SOUTH OF
SPRINGFIELD...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
SOUTHEASTERN BACA 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 3706 10261 3726 10266 3732 10226 3705 10224
TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 262DEG 30KT 3708 10253
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SR2 follow-up statements
943
WWUS55 KPUB 020233
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
833 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016
COC009-020300-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160702T0300Z/
BACA CO-
833 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY...
AT 833 PM MDT...A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
EAST OF CAMPO...OR 24 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3706 10254 3727 10253 3732 10226 3705 10224
TIME...MOT...LOC 0233Z 262DEG 30KT 3709 10241
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
SR881
WWUS55 KPUB 020247
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
846 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016
COC009-020256-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160702T0300Z/
BACA CO-
846 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS REMAIN POSSIBLE.
LAT...LON 3706 10254 3727 10253 3732 10226 3705 10224
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 262DEG 30KT 3711 10227
$$
SRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 6:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 24 min |
| Jul 1, 6:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 6:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 51 min |
| Jul 1, 8:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 8:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 21 min |
| Jul 1, 8:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 26 min |
| Jul 1, 9:02 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 2:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 41 min |
| Jul 2, 2:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 50 min |
| Jul 2, 3:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 35 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.