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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 28, 2015Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2015, 3:08 PM MDT for Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 52 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: May 28, 2015, 3:08 PM MDT (21:08 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2015, 4:00 PM MDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.0 in

Counties Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 28, 1:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 241 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1281 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -203 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1037 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 262 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 283 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.0

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The text

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

488 
WFUS55 KPUB 282108
TORPUB
COC009-071-282200-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0027.150528T2108Z-150528T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
308 PM MDT THU MAY 28 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  SOUTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 400 PM MDT
    
* AT 307 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIM...OR 38 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF DES MOINES...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. 

  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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHWESTERN BACA COUNTIES.

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 3700 10331 3714 10329 3724 10283 3700 10282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 272DEG 14KT 3702 10322 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

HODANISH

2 follow-up statements

484 
WWUS55 KPUB 282119
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
319 PM MDT THU MAY 28 2015

COC009-071-282200-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-150528T2200Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-BACA CO-
319 PM MDT THU MAY 28 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHWESTERN BACA COUNTIES...
    
AT 319 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIM...OR 37 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHWESTERN BACA COUNTIES.

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 3700 10320 3713 10321 3724 10283 3700 10282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 261DEG 22KT 3703 10312 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

HODANISH

481 
WWUS55 KPUB 282132
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
332 PM MDT THU MAY 28 2015

COC071-282141-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-150528T2200Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
332 PM MDT THU MAY 28 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT 
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3700 10308 3712 10307 3724 10283 3700 10282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 272DEG 14KT 3703 10306 

$$

COC009-282200-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-150528T2200Z/
BACA CO-
332 PM MDT THU MAY 28 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY...
    
AT 331 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIM...OR 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY.

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 3700 10308 3712 10307 3724 10283 3700 10282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 272DEG 14KT 3703 10306 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

HODANISH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 12:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		36 min
May 28, 1:03 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	Pueblo	7 days
May 28, 1:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	48 min
May 28, 2:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		52 min
May 28, 2:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	54 min
May 28, 2:43 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PUB	Las Animas	47 min
May 28, 3:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	43 min
May 28, 3:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	47 min
May 28, 3:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	38 min
May 28, 3:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	42 min
May 28, 3:56 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Baca	34 min
May 28, 4:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	37 min
May 28, 4:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	47 min
May 28, 4:23 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Baca	9 min
May 28, 4:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	40 min
May 28, 4:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	42 min
May 28, 4:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	21 min
May 28, 4:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa	35 min
May 28, 5:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	49 min
May 28, 5:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	41 min
May 28, 5:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	52 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.