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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 22, 2006El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2006, 3:51 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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: May 22, 2006, 3:51 PM MDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2006, 4:24 PM MDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 22, 2:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 144 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: 1987 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS55 KPUB 222151
TORPUB
COC041-222245-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0002.060522T2151Z-060522T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
351 PM MDT MON MAY 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 445 PM MDT...

* AT 349 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 6 MILES
  NORTH OF ELLICOTT...OR ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...  
  MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ELLICOTT.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO YODER AND
  CALHAN...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A HOUSE IS IN A BASEMENT...UNDER STURDY
FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN
AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR
BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM
FLYING DEBRIS. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3880 10455 3875 10411 3911 10407 3912 10452

$$

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 222156
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
355 PM MDT MON MAY 22 2006

COC041-222245-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060522T2245Z/
EL PASO CO-
355 PM MDT MON MAY 22 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 353 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE STORM CAPBLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS SEVERE 
STORM  WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PEYTON...OR ABOUT 20 MILES 
EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CALHAN.

BULLSEYE AIRPORT IS REPORTING WINDS BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH. BULLSEYE 
AIRPORT IS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELLICOTT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3880 10455 3875 10411 3911 10407 3912 10452

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 222204
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
403 PM MDT MON MAY 22 2006

COC041-222245-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060522T2245Z/
EL PASO CO-
403 PM MDT MON MAY 22 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 357 PM MDT...ANOTHER RAPIDLY ROTATING SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM WAS 
LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF ELLICOTT. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTH AT 30 
MPH.

ANOTHER POTENTIALLY TORNADIC STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF 
PEYTON.

PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS WERE LIKELY OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHEAST EL 
PASO COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL
COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3880 10455 3875 10411 3911 10407 3912 10452

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 222212
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
412 PM MDT MON MAY 22 2006

COC041-222245-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060522T2245Z/
EL PASO CO-
412 PM MDT MON MAY 22 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 405 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE ROTATING STORM.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 7 
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CALHAN...OR ABOUT 22 MILES EAST OF COLORADO 
SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PEYTON.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL
COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3880 10455 3875 10411 3911 10407 3912 10452

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 222222
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
422 PM MDT MON MAY 22 2006

COC101-222345-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060522T2345Z/
PUEBLO CO-
422 PM MDT MON MAY 22 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY
UNTIL 545 PM MDT...

AT 418 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS CENTERED 15 MILES
SOUTH OF AVONDALE...OR ABOUT 26 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PUEBLO...AND WAS
MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  6 MILES EAST OF AVONDALE BY 445 PM MDT.
  OVER BOONE BY 450 PM MDT.

IF POSSIBLE...WITHOUT RISKING YOUR SAFETY...PROTECT PROPERTY BEFORE
THE WEATHER HITS. GET IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...OR A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE BEST
PROTECTION.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL
COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3788 10433 3788 10406 3851 10406 3850 10440

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 9:28 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more	24 hr
May 22, 4:55 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	Baca, Bent, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, El Paso and 9 more	23 hr
May 22, 2:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	63 min
May 22, 3:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	61 min
May 22, 4:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	48 min
May 22, 4:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	45 min

Nearby

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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.