Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 45, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 15, 2010, 7:34 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 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
- Jul 15, 2010, 7:34 PM MDT (01:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2010, 8:19 PM MDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3996 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
354 WFUS55 KPUB 160134 TORPUB COC061-160230- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0045.100716T0134Z-100716T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 734 PM MDT THU JUL 15 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 830 PM MDT * AT 732 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHIVINGTON...OR 25 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR... AND MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... QUEENS RESERVOIR. 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3827 10242 3828 10268 3852 10261 3849 10238 TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 011DEG 28KT 3841 10252 $$
3 follow-up statements
888 WWUS55 KPUB 160141 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 741 PM MDT THU JUL 15 2010 COC061-160230- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-100716T0230Z/ KIOWA CO- 741 PM MDT THU JUL 15 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM MDT... AT 737 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHIVINGTON...OR 24 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR... MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... QUEENS RESERVOIR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3827 10242 3828 10268 3852 10261 3849 10238 TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 011DEG 28KT 3839 10252 $$
546 WWUS55 KPUB 160151 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 751 PM MDT THU JUL 15 2010 COC061-160230- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-100716T0230Z/ KIOWA CO- 751 PM MDT THU JUL 15 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM MDT... AT 746 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUEENS RESERVOIR...OR 19 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... QUEENS RESERVOIR. 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3841 10239 3827 10242 3828 10268 3843 10264 TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 011DEG 28KT 3831 10258 $$
794 WWUS55 KPUB 160219 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 819 PM MDT THU JUL 15 2010 COC061-160230- /O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-100716T0230Z/ KIOWA CO- 819 PM MDT THU JUL 15 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3841 10239 3827 10242 3828 10268 3843 10264 TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 011DEG 28KT 3809 10263 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 6:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 58 min |
| Jul 15, 6:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 65 min |
| Jul 15, 7:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 30 min |
| Jul 15, 7:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 53 min |
| Jul 15, 7:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 59 min |
| Jul 15, 7:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 54 min |
| Jul 15, 8:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 42 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.