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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 15, 2016Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 15, 2016, 2:26 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 min. 2 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: Jul 15, 2016, 2:26 PM MDT (20:26 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2016, 3:00 PM MDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 2.5 in

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 15, 2:55 PM MDT	TORNADO	4 E Sheridan Lake, CO	WINDOWS BLOWN OUT ON HOUSE. TRUCK WAS MOVED INTO A DITCH.
Jul 15, 2:59 PM MDT	HAIL 2	4 E Sheridan Lake, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 15, 1:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 185 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: 23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -351 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3003 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

112 
WFUS55 KPUB 152026
TORPUB
COC061-152100-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0018.160715T2026Z-160715T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
226 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 300 PM MDT
    
* AT 226 PM MDT...A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES
  NORTH OF TOWNER...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING
  SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR 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 TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TOWNER AROUND 250 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 3828 10225 3861 10226 3861 10208 3829 10208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 002DEG 26KT 3866 10217 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$
TLM

3 follow-up statements

455 
WWUS55 KPUB 152035
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
235 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

COC061-152100-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160715T2100Z/
KIOWA CO-
235 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR EASTERN
KIOWA COUNTY...
        
AT 235 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
TOWNER...OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING SOUTH AT 30
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR 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...
  TOWNER AROUND 250 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 3828 10225 3861 10226 3861 10208 3829 10208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 002DEG 26KT 3859 10217 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

TLM

083 
WWUS55 KPUB 152042
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
242 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

COC061-152100-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160715T2100Z/
KIOWA CO-
242 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR EASTERN
KIOWA COUNTY...
        
AT 241 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH-
NORTHWEST OF TOWNER...OR 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHEYENNE
WELLS...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR 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...
  TOWNER AROUND 255 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 3828 10225 3859 10225 3858 10208 3829 10208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 002DEG 26KT 3854 10217 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

TLM

900 
WWUS55 KPUB 152049
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
249 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

COC061-152100-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160715T2100Z/
KIOWA CO-
249 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...
        
AT 248 PM MDT...A TORNADO WAS LOCATED AROUND 3 MILES NORTHWEST
OF TOWNER...OR 22 MILES WEST OF TRIBUNE...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...RAIN-WRAPPED AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY.

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 3828 10225 3853 10223 3854 10209 3829 10208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 002DEG 26KT 3849 10217 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

TLM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 6:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	51 min
Jul 14, 6:20 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Las Animas	25 min
Jul 14, 6:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	32 min
Jul 14, 6:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	46 min
Jul 14, 6:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	52 min
Jul 14, 7:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Elbert	40 min
Jul 14, 7:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	95 min
Jul 14, 7:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	52 min
Jul 14, 8:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	84 min
Jul 14, 9:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	94 min
Jul 15, 12:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	28 min
Jul 15, 1:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	31 min
Jul 15, 2:09 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more	31 hr
Jul 15, 2:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	39 min
Jul 15, 2:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	36 min
Jul 15, 2:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	24 min
Jul 15, 3:00 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	30 min
Jul 15, 3:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	27 min
Jul 15, 3:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	32 min
Jul 15, 3:29 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	31 min
Jul 15, 4:47 PM MDT	High Wind Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Crowley, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas and 3 more	115 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.