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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 24, 2015Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2015, 4:25 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report 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, 4:25 PM MDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2015, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.75 in

County Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 5:03 PM MDTHAIL 1.757 Wsw Bristol, CO

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 4:00 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 216 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.

954 
WFUS55 KPUB 242225
TORPUB
COC099-242315-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0022.150524T2225Z-150524T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 515 PM MDT
    
* AT 423 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. HOWEVER THIS STORM HAS HAD A 
  HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

  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...
  GRANADA AROUND 455 PM MDT.
  BRISTOL AROUND 500 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3801 10216 3790 10260 3803 10267 3822 10241
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 240DEG 20KT 3801 10253 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

HODANISH
3 follow-up statements
641 
WWUS55 KPUB 242233
SVSPUB

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

COC099-242315-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-150524T2315Z/
PROWERS CO-
433 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
PROWERS COUNTY...
    
AT 431 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 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. 

IF THE TORNADO CONTINUES ON ITS CURRENT TRACK....IT WILL CROSS 
HIGHWAY 50 JUST WEST OF GRANADA. 

THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GRANADA AROUND 455 PM MDT.
  BRISTOL AROUND 500 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3801 10216 3791 10260 3805 10262 3822 10241
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 240DEG 20KT 3803 10248 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

HODANISH
026 
WWUS55 KPUB 242241
SVSPUB

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

COC099-242315-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-150524T2315Z/
PROWERS CO-
441 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY...
    
AT 439 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GRANADA...OR 10 MILES EAST OF LAMAR...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. 

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...
  GRANADA AROUND 455 PM MDT.
  BRISTOL AROUND 500 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3801 10216 3795 10251 3806 10258 3822 10241
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 240DEG 20KT 3805 10243 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

HODANISH
422 
WWUS55 KPUB 242251 RRA
SVSPUB

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

COC099-242315-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-150524T2315Z/
PROWERS CO-
451 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY...
    
AT 449 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GRANADA...OR 12 MILES EAST OF LAMAR...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. 

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. 

BASED ON CURRENT MOTION OF THE STRONG ROTATION INDICATED ON 
RADAR...THIS TORNADO WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 50 IN GRANADA...OR JUST TO 
THE WEST OF GRANDA. 

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GRANADA AROUND 500 PM MDT.
  BRISTOL AROUND 505 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3801 10216 3798 10249 3811 10252 3822 10241
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 230DEG 19KT 3804 10240 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
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, 3:50 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent, Prowers40 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

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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.