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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 25, 2017Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2017, 3:25 PM MDT for Baca 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 25, 2017, 3:25 PM MDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2017, 4:00 PM MDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

County Baca County, CO

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 204 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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 25, 3:25 PM MDT	TORNADO	2 Ne Walsh, CO	BRIEF TORNADO REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Jun 25, 3:55 PM MDT	HAIL 4.25	Walsh, CO

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 25, 2:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 210 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1752 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: 16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

831 
WFUS55 KPUB 252125
TORPUB
COC009-252200-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0006.170625T2125Z-170625T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
325 PM MDT SUN JUN 25 2017

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Baca County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 400 PM MDT
    
* At 325 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado was 
  located near Walsh, or 15 miles west of The Saunders Elevator, 
  moving southeast 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 dangerous storm will be near...
  Walsh around 335 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 3746 10242 3756 10230 3746 10204 3724 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 316DEG 24KT 3745 10232 

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

$$

tlm

1 follow-up statement

948 
WWUS55 KPUB 252139 RRA
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
339 PM MDT SUN JUN 25 2017

COC009-252200-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170625T2200Z/
Baca CO-
339 PM MDT SUN JUN 25 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL BACA COUNTY...
    
At 338 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado 
was located near Walsh, moving southeast at 30 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
east central 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 3746 10242 3749 10225 3746 10204 3724 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 316DEG 24KT 3738 10224 

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

$$

tlm

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 12:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	46 min
Jun 25, 1:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	45 min
Jun 25, 2:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	40 min
Jun 25, 2:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	52 min
Jun 25, 2:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Conejos, Rio Grande	42 min
Jun 25, 2:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Prowers	25 min
Jun 25, 2:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	51 min
Jun 25, 3:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Prowers	55 min
Jun 25, 3:43 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PUB	Baca	47 min
Jun 25, 3:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	18 min
Jun 25, 3:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Costilla	42 min
Jun 25, 4:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	44 min
Jun 25, 4:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	47 min
Jun 25, 4:34 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Baca	26 min
Jun 25, 4:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	46 min
Jun 25, 4:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	38 min
Jun 25, 5:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	27 min
Jun 25, 5:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	37 min
Jun 25, 5:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	29 min
Jun 25, 5:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	32 min
Jun 25, 5:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.