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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 10, 2017, 5:43 PM MDT for Bent County, Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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
- Aug 10, 2017, 5:43 PM MDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2017, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 3:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -251 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 866 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
858
WFUS55 KPUB 102343
TORPUB
COC011-061-099-110015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0012.170810T2343Z-170811T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
543 PM MDT THU AUG 10 2017
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Prowers County in southeastern Colorado...
Central Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...
Northeastern Bent County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 615 PM MDT
* At 543 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles east of Haswell, or 34 miles northwest of
Lamar, moving southeast at 25 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...
Sweetwater Reservoir and Neegronda Reservoir around 615 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 3824 10243 3808 10310 3856 10316 3862 10299
3861 10280
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 318DEG 22KT 3848 10301
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
kam2 follow-up statements
038
WWUS55 KPUB 102356
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
556 PM MDT THU AUG 10 2017
COC011-061-099-110015-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-170811T0015Z/
Prowers CO-Kiowa CO-Bent CO-
556 PM MDT THU AUG 10 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PROWERS...CENTRAL KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN BENT
COUNTIES...
At 555 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 10 miles west of Sweetwater Reservoir, or 28 miles
northwest of Lamar, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Neegronda Reservoir and Sweetwater Reservoir around 615 PM MDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3824 10243 3808 10310 3850 10306 3856 10295
3857 10276
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 322DEG 23KT 3840 10295
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
kam024
WWUS55 KPUB 110012
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
612 PM MDT THU AUG 10 2017
COC011-061-099-110021-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-170811T0015Z/
Prowers CO-Kiowa CO-Bent CO-
612 PM MDT THU AUG 10 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PROWERS...CENTRAL KIOWA AND
NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 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. However
small hail is still possible with this thunderstorm.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.
LAT...LON 3824 10243 3808 10310 3850 10306 3856 10295
3857 10276
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 318DEG 22KT 3833 10286
$$
kamThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 6:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 6:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 6:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 6:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 13 min |
| Aug 9, 6:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 19 min |
| Aug 9, 7:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 22 min |
| Aug 9, 7:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 7:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 22 min |
| Aug 9, 7:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 7:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 7:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont, Pueblo | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 8:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 9:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 9:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 34 min | |
| Aug 9, 9:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 46 min |
| Aug 10, 2:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 32 min |
| Aug 10, 3:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 23 min |
| Aug 10, 3:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 3:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 32 min |
| Aug 10, 3:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 3:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 4:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 4:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 35 min |
| Aug 10, 4:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 34 min |
| Aug 10, 5:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 31 min |
| Aug 10, 5:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 42 min |
| Aug 10, 5:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa | 38 min |
| Aug 10, 5:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 47 min |
| Aug 10, 5:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 46 min |
| Aug 10, 5:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 52 min |
| Aug 10, 5:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 48 min |
| Aug 10, 5:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 46 min |
| Aug 10, 5:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 46 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.