Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2021, 6:25 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 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
- Jun 12, 2021, 6:25 PM MDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2021, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 273 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
- 528 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3454 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
952
WFUS55 KPUB 130025
TORPUB
COC071-130100-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0023.210613T0025Z-210613T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
625 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 700 PM MDT.
* At 625 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles southeast of Thatcher, or 38 miles southwest of
La Junta, and is nearly stationary.
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
northeastern Las Animas 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 3752 10398 3753 10383 3741 10379 3740 10397
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 000DEG 3KT 3750 10391
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
MG/KM1 follow-up statement
341
WWUS55 KPUB 130035
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
635 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021
COC071-130100-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-210613T0100Z/
Las Animas CO-
635 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...
At 635 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles southeast of Thatcher, or 39 miles southwest of
La Junta, and is nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Las Animas County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3752 10398 3753 10383 3741 10379 3740 10397
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 000DEG 3KT 3749 10391
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
MG/KMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 6:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 6:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 6:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 6:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 6:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 6:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 6 min |
| Jun 12, 7:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 50 min |
| Jun 12, 7:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 7:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 7:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 8:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 12:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Douglas | 23 min |
| Jun 13, 1:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 8 min |
| Jun 13, 1:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 25 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.