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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 6, 2015Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2015, 5:55 PM MDT for Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 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 6, 2015, 5:55 PM MDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2015, 6:30 PM MDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Bent County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 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 nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 201 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 789 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

675 
WFUS55 KPUB 062355
TORPUB
COC011-099-070030-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0003.150506T2355Z-150507T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
555 PM MDT WED MAY 6 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 630 PM MDT
    
* AT 555 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR...OR 23 MILES WEST
  OF LAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
  HASTY AROUND 610 PM MDT.
  WILEY AND MCCLAVE AROUND 630 PM MDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CADDOA.

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 3800 10313 3818 10313 3823 10261 3796 10260
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 254DEG 17KT 3810 10304 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

LW

3 follow-up statements

492 
WWUS55 KPUB 070006
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
605 PM MDT WED MAY 6 2015

COC011-099-070030-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150507T0030Z/
PROWERS CO-BENT CO-
605 PM MDT WED MAY 6 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES...
    
AT 605 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED OVER THE HASTY AREA...OR 17 MILES WEST OF LAMAR...MOVING 
EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
  MCCLAVE AROUND 615 PM MDT.
  LAMAR AND WILEY AROUND 630 PM MDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CADDOA.

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 3804 10301 3812 10301 3823 10261 3796 10260
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 275DEG 25KT 3808 10294 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

LW

236 
WWUS55 KPUB 070023
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
622 PM MDT WED MAY 6 2015

COC011-099-070030-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150507T0030Z/
PROWERS CO-BENT CO-
622 PM MDT WED MAY 6 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES...
    
AT 622 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED NEAR CADDOA...OR 13 MILES WEST OF LAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 
20 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CADDOA.

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 3803 10295 3814 10295 3823 10261 3796 10260
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 280DEG 17KT 3804 10285 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

LW

342 
WWUS55 KPUB 070035
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
632 PM MDT WED MAY 6 2015

COC011-099-070042-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150507T0030Z/
PROWERS CO-BENT CO-
632 PM MDT WED MAY 6 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BENT
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. 
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF STRONG ROTATION ALONG AN EASTWARD MOVING 
BOUNDARY...SO IT COULD SPIN UP A TORNADO ON SHORT NOTICE...ALTHOUGH 
ONE IS NOT EVIDENT AT THIS TIME.

LAT...LON 3803 10295 3814 10295 3823 10261 3796 10260
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 254DEG 17KT 3804 10285 

$$

LW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 12:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	34 min
May 6, 1:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	29 min
May 6, 2:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	32 min
May 6, 2:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	37 min
May 6, 3:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	28 min
May 6, 3:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	23 min
May 6, 4:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	26 min
May 6, 4:11 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Pueblo	2 hr
May 6, 4:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa	88 min
May 6, 4:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Otero	116 min
May 6, 5:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	90 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.