Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 46, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 20, 2010, 6:46 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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 20, 2010, 6:46 PM MDT (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2010, 7:17 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1296 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
915 WFUS55 KPUB 210046 TORPUB COC041-210130- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0046.100721T0046Z-100721T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 646 PM MDT TUE JUL 20 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 730 PM MDT * AT 644 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCHRIEVER AFB...OR 12 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ELLICOTT. 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. && LAT...LON 3902 10446 3890 10428 3872 10456 3885 10471 TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 224DEG 12KT 3885 10457 $$
2 follow-up statements
438 WWUS55 KPUB 210108 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 708 PM MDT TUE JUL 20 2010 COC041-210130- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-100721T0130Z/ EL PASO CO- 708 PM MDT TUE JUL 20 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM MDT... AT 702 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NORTHEAST OF SCHRIEVER AFB...OR 15 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ELLICOTT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3887 10463 3902 10446 3890 10428 3876 10450 TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 224DEG 12KT 3883 10450 $$
383 WWUS55 KPUB 210117 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 717 PM MDT TUE JUL 20 2010 COC041-210126- /O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-100721T0130Z/ EL PASO CO- 717 PM MDT TUE JUL 20 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM. HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO WEAKEN. LAT...LON 3887 10463 3902 10446 3890 10428 3876 10450 TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 224DEG 12KT 3884 10446 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 6:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 56 min |
| Jul 20, 6:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 65 min |
| Jul 20, 6:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 41 min |
| Jul 20, 6:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 6:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 46 min |
| Jul 20, 6:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 60 min |
| Jul 20, 6:43 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 99 min |
| Jul 20, 6:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 53 min |
| Jul 20, 6:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 46 min |
| Jul 20, 7:36 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 7:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 51 min |
| Jul 20, 7:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 25 min |
| Jul 21, 9:19 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, El Paso, Fremont, Lake, Mineral and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
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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.