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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2021, 6:59 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 6 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, 6:59 PM MDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2021, 7:05 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 267 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.
675
WFUS55 KPUB 130059
TORPUB
COC071-130130-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0024.210613T0059Z-210613T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
659 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 730 PM MDT.
* At 659 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles east of Thatcher, or 37 miles southwest of La
Junta, and is nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.
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
central 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 3748 10382 3748 10393 3757 10393 3758 10382
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 182DEG 4KT 3752 10389
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
MG/KM1 follow-up statement
739
WWUS55 KPUB 130105
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
705 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021
COC071-130115-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-210613T0130Z/
Las Animas CO-
705 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.
LAT...LON 3748 10382 3748 10393 3757 10393 3758 10382
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 182DEG 4KT 3753 10389
$$
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, 6:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 35 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, 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.