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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 24, 2015Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2015, 3:50 PM MDT for Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 40 min. 10 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 24, 2015, 3:50 PM MDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2015, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Bent County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 3:55 PM MDTHAIL 28 S Lamar, CO
May 24, 4:00 PM MDTTORNADO6 S Lamar, CO
May 24, 4:01 PM MDTHAIL 2.756 S Lamar, CO
May 24, 4:04 PM MDTTORNADO6 S Lamar, CO
May 24, 4:07 PM MDTHAIL 1.25E Lamar, CO
May 24, 4:11 PM MDTHAIL 2.55 Ssw Lamar, CO
May 24, 4:13 PM MDTHAIL 12 S Lamar, CO
May 24, 4:15 PM MDTHAIL 2.54 S Lamar, CO
May 24, 4:15 PM MDTTORNADO8 Se Lamar, CO
May 24, 4:24 PM MDTHAIL 1.754 S Lamar, CO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 214 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2015-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2015-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

833 
WFUS55 KPUB 242150
TORPUB
COC011-099-242230-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0021.150524T2150Z-150524T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
350 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 430 PM MDT
    
* AT 350 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LAMAR AND WILEY AROUND 415 PM MDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3780 10263 3790 10291 3826 10280 3826 10225
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 208DEG 20KT 3799 10270 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

HODANISH
3 follow-up statements
854 
WWUS55 KPUB 242159
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
359 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 2015

COC011-099-242230-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150524T2230Z/
PROWERS CO-BENT CO-
359 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES...
    
AT 358 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LAMAR AROUND 430 PM MDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3780 10263 3790 10291 3826 10280 3826 10225
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 207DEG 14KT 3798 10267 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

HODANISH
156 
WWUS55 KPUB 242202
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
402 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 2015

COC011-099-242230-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150524T2230Z/
PROWERS CO-BENT CO-
402 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PROWERS AND EAST CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES...
    
AT 402 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LAMAR AROUND 420 PM MDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3780 10263 3793 10281 3819 10271 3826 10225
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 236DEG 16KT 3798 10264 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

HODANISH
047 
WWUS55 KPUB 242207
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
407 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 2015

COC011-099-242230-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150524T2230Z/
PROWERS CO-BENT CO-
407 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PROWERS AND EAST CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES...
    
AT 406 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

THIS TORNADO WAS CROSSING HIGHWAY 287 ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF LAMAR.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. CONFIRMED TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. SEEK 
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3785 10260 3793 10277 3817 10267 3826 10225
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 234DEG 15KT 3797 10261 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

HODANISH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 6:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo92 min
May 23, 7:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo38 min
May 23, 8:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers88 min
May 23, 9:24 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBBent, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers3 hr
May 23, 9:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Pueblo, Teller47 min
May 23, 10:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa, Prowers84 min
May 23, 10:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso84 min
May 24, 12:37 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso23 min
May 24, 1:06 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso114 min
May 24, 1:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas44 min
May 24, 1:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas31 min
May 24, 2:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent49 min
May 24, 2:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas34 min
May 24, 2:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers45 min
May 24, 3:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers33 min
May 24, 3:36 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent, Prowers24 min
May 24, 3:48 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBBent, Prowers3 hr
May 24, 4:25 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBProwers50 min
May 24, 4:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers49 min
May 24, 4:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers64 min
May 24, 4:59 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBProwers3 hr
May 24, 5:07 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBProwers38 min
May 24, 5:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers49 min
May 24, 5:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Prowers48 min
May 24, 5:41 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBProwers18 min
May 24, 5:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Prowers36 min
May 24, 5:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.