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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 27, 2016Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2016, 2:44 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 min. 4 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 27, 2016, 2:44 PM MDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2016, 3:15 PM MDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.0 in

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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
May 27, 2:55 PM MDT	TORNADO	1 Ese Towner, CO	TORNADO DURATION 5 MINUTES.
May 27, 2:55 PM MDT	TORNADO	1 Ese Towner, CO
May 27, 3:04 PM MDT	TORNADO	1 N Towner, CO	TORNADO DURATION 2 MINUTES.
May 27, 3:04 PM MDT	TORNADO	1 N Towner, 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 997 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

223 
WFUS55 KPUB 272044
TORPUB
COC061-272115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0007.160527T2044Z-160527T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
244 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 315 PM MDT

* AT 243 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED BRIEF TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
  TOWNER...OR 17 MILES WEST OF TRIBUNE...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT 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. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SHERIDAN LAKE AROUND 315 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 3846 10233 3861 10233 3861 10205 3847 10204
      3845 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 090DEG 17KT 3853 10208 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

KT

1 follow-up statement

266 
WWUS55 KPUB 272054
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
254 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016

COC061-272115-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160527T2115Z/
KIOWA CO-
254 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...
    
AT 252 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER TOWNER...OR 17 MILES WEST OF TRIBUNE...MOVING WEST
AT 15 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...
   JUST NORTH OF TOWNER THROUGH 300 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 3846 10233 3861 10233 3861 10205 3847 10204
      3845 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 093DEG 13KT 3850 10208 

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

$$

KT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 1:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	49 min
May 27, 2:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	38 min
May 27, 3:10 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PUB	Kiowa	35 min
May 27, 3:43 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Kiowa	32 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.