Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 48, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 2010, 5:12 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 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 22, 2010, 5:12 PM MDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2010, 5:39 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 164 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.
942 WFUS55 KPUB 222312 TORPUB COC061-230000- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0048.100722T2312Z-100723T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 512 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 600 PM MDT * AT 508 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF EADS...OR 32 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMAR...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. ROTATION HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM WEST OF EADS. HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EADS AND CHIVINGTON. 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 3834 10241 3838 10306 3862 10311 3862 10247 TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 260DEG 15KT 3848 10290 $$ KAM
2 follow-up statements
176 WWUS55 KPUB 222322 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 522 PM MDT THU JUL 22 2010 COC061-230000- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-100723T0000Z/ KIOWA CO- 522 PM MDT THU JUL 22 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM MDT... AT 517 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF EADS...OR 31 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL IMPACT THE TOWN OF EADS BY 525 PM WITH HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND STRONG WINDS. THIS STORM CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT ROTATION AND A TORNADO IS POSSIBLE AT ANY TIME...THOSE IN EADS SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW! LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EADS AND CHIVINGTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3838 10301 3861 10305 3862 10247 3834 10241 TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 260DEG 15KT 3849 10285 $$
864 WWUS55 KPUB 222339 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 539 PM MDT THU JUL 22 2010 COC061-222349- /O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-100723T0000Z/ KIOWA CO- 539 PM MDT THU JUL 22 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. LAT...LON 3838 10301 3861 10305 3862 10247 3834 10241 TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 260DEG 15KT 3850 10276 $$ KAM
The 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, 4:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 5:03 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 117 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.