Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 47, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 2010, 4:33 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 42 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
- Jul 22, 2010, 4:33 PM MDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2010, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 4:37 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 4 E Haswell, CO | |
| Jul 22, 4:50 PM MDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 10 W Eads, CO | |
| Jul 22, 5:06 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 6 W Eads, CO | ON HIGHWAY 96 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS55 KPUB 222233
TORPUB
COC061-222315-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0047.100722T2233Z-100722T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
433 PM MDT THU JUL 22 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 515 PM MDT
* AT 431 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HASWELL...OR 39 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMAR...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!
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 3840 10316 3852 10324 3852 10318 3860 10318
3862 10314 3862 10269 3840 10267
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 247DEG 25KT 3851 10309
$$
KAM3 follow-up statements
743
WWUS55 KPUB 222246
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
446 PM MDT THU JUL 22 2010
COC061-222315-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-100722T2315Z/
KIOWA CO-
446 PM MDT THU JUL 22 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL
515 PM MDT...
AT 440 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF HASWELL...OR 38 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. AT 435 PM SPOTTERS
REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3840 10316 3852 10324 3852 10318 3860 10318
3862 10314 3862 10269 3840 10267
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 247DEG 25KT 3854 10299
$$
KAM380
WWUS55 KPUB 222258
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
458 PM MDT THU JUL 22 2010
COC061-222315-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-100722T2315Z/
KIOWA CO-
458 PM MDT THU JUL 22 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL
515 PM MDT...
AT 454 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF EADS...OR 37 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EADS.
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 3840 10312 3851 10318 3852 10318 3860 10318
3862 10314 3862 10269 3840 10267
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 247DEG 25KT 3857 10288
$$
KAM832
WWUS55 KPUB 222302
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
502 PM MDT THU JUL 22 2010
COC061-222315-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-100722T2315Z/
KIOWA CO-
502 PM MDT THU JUL 22 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL
515 PM MDT...
AT 450 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL WITH THIS
STORM LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF EADS...OR 37 MILES NORTH OF
LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER HAS
ALSO BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO
THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3840 10312 3851 10318 3852 10318 3860 10318
3862 10314 3862 10269 3840 10267
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 247DEG 25KT 3857 10286
$$
KAMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 4:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 41 min |
| Jul 22, 5:03 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 117 min |
| Jul 22, 5:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 27 min |
| Jul 22, 5:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 11 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.