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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 26, 2017El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2017, 8:14 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 21 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 26, 2017, 8:14 PM MDT (02:14 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2017, 8:35 PM MDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 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 26, 1:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 119 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: 1044 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 267 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 9.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

422 
WFUS55 KPUB 270214
TORPUB
COC041-270300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0003.170527T0214Z-170527T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
814 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2017

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern El Paso County in east central Colorado...

* Until 900 PM MDT
    
* At 814 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Ramah, or 29 miles southwest of Limon, moving
  northeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball 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...
  Ramah around 825 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 3907 10405 3898 10406 3893 10416 3907 10430
      3913 10422 3913 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 233DEG 16KT 3905 10416 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

2 follow-up statements

805 
WWUS55 KPUB 270224
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
824 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2017

COC041-270300-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170527T0300Z/
El Paso CO-
824 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...
    
At 824 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Simla, or 24 miles southwest of Limon, moving
northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar 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
northeastern El Paso 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 3896 10410 3911 10420 3913 10416 3913 10405
      3907 10405 3898 10406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 244DEG 14KT 3907 10407 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

513 
WWUS55 KPUB 270235
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
835 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2017

COC041-270243-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170527T0300Z/
El Paso CO-
835 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty winds are
still possible with this departing thunderstorm.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
portions of east central Colorado.

LAT...LON 3896 10410 3911 10420 3913 10416 3913 10405
      3907 10405 3898 10406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 233DEG 16KT 3909 10403 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 6:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	50 min
May 26, 6:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	45 min
May 26, 6:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	61 min
May 26, 7:52 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso	23 min
May 27, 12:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	33 min
May 27, 1:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	35 min
May 27, 1:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	39 min
May 27, 2:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	49 min
May 27, 2:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	33 min
May 27, 3:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	44 min
May 27, 3:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	51 min
May 27, 3:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	42 min
May 27, 3:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	24 min
May 27, 3:53 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	37 min
May 27, 4:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	43 min
May 27, 4:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	39 min
May 27, 4:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Otero	27 min
May 27, 4:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	38 min
May 27, 4:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	48 min
May 27, 4:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent	32 min
May 27, 4:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	39 min
May 27, 5:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	30 min
May 27, 5:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	52 min
May 27, 5:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	39 min
May 27, 5:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	50 min
May 27, 5:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	46 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.