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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 22, 2017El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2017, 2:12 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 20 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: Jun 22, 2017, 2:12 PM MDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2017, 2:32 PM MDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 137 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: 35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -420 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

919 
WFUS55 KPUB 222012
TORPUB
COC041-222045-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0005.170622T2012Z-170622T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
212 PM MDT THU JUN 22 2017

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 245 PM MDT
    
* At 212 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Yoder, or 35 miles east of Colorado Springs,
  moving east at 45 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
  east central 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 10405 3874 10405 3873 10422 3885 10426
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 262DEG 39KT 3880 10417 

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

$$

mw

1 follow-up statement

794 
WWUS55 KPUB 222032
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
232 PM MDT THU JUN 22 2017

COC041-222041-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170622T2045Z/
El Paso CO-
232 PM MDT THU JUN 22 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3896 10405 3874 10405 3873 10422 3885 10426
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 262DEG 39KT 3883 10391 

$$

mw

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 6:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	37 min
Jun 22, 7:05 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	Pueblo	47 hr
Jun 22, 1:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	39 min
Jun 22, 1:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Costilla	46 min
Jun 22, 3:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	31 min
Jun 22, 4:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	49 min
Jun 22, 5:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Cheyenne	37 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.