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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2010, 6:06 PM MDT for Bent County, Crowley County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 54 min. 3 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
- May 18, 2010, 6:06 PM MDT (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2010, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 6:25 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 Ene Cheraw, CO | |
| May 18, 6:25 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | Cheraw, CO | |
| May 18, 6:25 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 E Cheraw, CO | GOLF BALL HAIL FELL FROM APPROXIMATELY 625 PM MDT TO 630 PM MDT. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 12:41 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 329 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
876
WFUS55 KPUB 190006
TORPUB
COC011-025-089-190100-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0013.100519T0006Z-100519T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
606 PM MDT TUE MAY 18 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 700 PM MDT
* AT 604 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHERAW...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF LA JUNTA...AND
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHERAW...LAS ANIMAS...JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR AND FORT LYON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3802 10299 3799 10368 3817 10371 3826 10318
3825 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 262DEG 19KT 3809 10358
$$5 follow-up statements
190
WWUS55 KPUB 190012
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
612 PM MDT TUE MAY 18 2010
COC011-025-089-190100-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100519T0100Z/
OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO-BENT CO-
612 PM MDT TUE MAY 18 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN BENT...
SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY AND NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM
MDT...
AT 608 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHERAW...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF LA JUNTA...MOVING
EAST AT 10 MPH.
DOPPLER RADAR AT 609 PM INDICATED VERY INTENSE LOW LEVEL ROTATION
WITH THIS DANGEROUS SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH
OF THIS STORM SEEK SHELTER NOW.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHERAW...LAS ANIMAS...JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR AND FORT LYON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3802 10299 3799 10368 3817 10371 3826 10318
3825 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 264DEG 10KT 3808 10358
$$549
WWUS55 KPUB 190020
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
620 PM MDT TUE MAY 18 2010
COC011-025-089-190100-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100519T0100Z/
OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO-BENT CO-
620 PM MDT TUE MAY 18 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN BENT...
SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY AND NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM
MDT...
AT 617 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHERAW...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF LA JUNTA...MOVING
EAST AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHERAW...LAS ANIMAS...JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR AND FORT LYON.
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH
AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3802 10299 3799 10360 3818 10364 3826 10318
3825 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 264DEG 10KT 3810 10353
$$138
WWUS55 KPUB 190028
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
628 PM MDT TUE MAY 18 2010
COC011-025-089-190100-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100519T0100Z/
OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO-BENT CO-
628 PM MDT TUE MAY 18 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN BENT...
SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY AND NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM
MDT...
AT 625 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHERAW...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA JUNTA...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAS ANIMAS...JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR AND FORT LYON.
THIS TORNADO IS WRAPPED IN RAIN AND WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE. SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3802 10299 3799 10356 3819 10359 3826 10318
3825 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 262DEG 18KT 3811 10344
$$651
WWUS55 KPUB 190041
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
641 PM MDT TUE MAY 18 2010
COC011-025-089-190100-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100519T0100Z/
OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO-BENT CO-
641 PM MDT TUE MAY 18 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN BENT...
SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY AND NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM
MDT...
AT 634 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF CHERAW...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF
LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAS ANIMAS...JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR AND FORT LYON.
AT 638 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE ROTATION HAS DECREASED.
HOWEVER THIS STORM COULD RE-INTENSIFY AND PRODUCE ANOTHER TORNADO.
FROM 625 PM TO 630 PM SPOTTERS REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 3 MILES
EAST OF CHERAW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3802 10299 3799 10356 3819 10359 3826 10318
3825 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 262DEG 18KT 3812 10336
$$143
WWUS55 KPUB 190056
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
656 PM MDT TUE MAY 18 2010
COC011-025-089-190103-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100519T0100Z/
OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO-BENT CO-
656 PM MDT TUE MAY 18 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BENT...SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY
AND NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM MDT...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
BENT...CROWLEY...KIOWA...OTERO AND PROWERS COUNTY THROUGH 745 PM.
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. HOWEVER THE STORM
IS STILL SEVERE AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS AND HAIL UP TO PING PONG SIZE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3802 10299 3799 10356 3819 10359 3826 10318
3825 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 262DEG 18KT 3813 10327
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 6:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 30 min |
| May 18, 6:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers | 53 min |
| May 18, 7:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 30 min |
| May 18, 7:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 96 min |
| May 18, 7:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 20 min |
| May 18, 7:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers | 65 min |
| May 18, 8:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 30 min |
| May 18, 8:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 15 min |
| May 18, 9:04 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 3 hr |
| May 18, 9:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 29 min |
| May 19, 12:46 PM MDT | Frost Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache | 19 hr |
| May 19, 3:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 27 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.