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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 29, 2017Bent County, Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2017, 4:25 PM MDT for Bent County, Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 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: Jun 29, 2017, 4:25 PM MDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2017, 4:50 PM MDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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
Jun 29, 4:44 PM MDT	HAIL 0.88	Haswell, CO
Jun 29, 4:49 PM MDT	HAIL 1.75	3 Ene Haswell, 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
Jun 29, 1:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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: -444 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2157 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

214 
WFUS55 KPUB 292225
TORPUB
COC011-061-292300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0009.170629T2225Z-170629T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
425 PM MDT THU JUN 29 2017

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...
  North central Bent County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 500 PM MDT
    
* At 425 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Haswell, or 35 miles northeast of North La Junta,
  moving southeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and golf 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...
  Haswell around 430 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 3834 10267 3811 10298 3842 10337 3852 10324
      3853 10318
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 302DEG 29KT 3844 10323 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

kam

2 follow-up statements

034 
WWUS55 KPUB 292239
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
439 PM MDT THU JUN 29 2017

COC011-061-292300-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-170629T2300Z/
Kiowa CO-Bent CO-
439 PM MDT THU JUN 29 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA AND NORTH CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES...
    
At 439 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Haswell, or 34 miles northwest of Lamar, moving
southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and golf 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Kiowa and north central Bent Counties.

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 3834 10267 3811 10298 3844 10329 3852 10324
      3853 10318
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 301DEG 27KT 3839 10312 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

kam

987 
WWUS55 KPUB 292250
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
450 PM MDT THU JUN 29 2017

COC011-061-292259-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-170629T2300Z/
Kiowa CO-Bent CO-
450 PM MDT THU JUN 29 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA AND NORTH CENTRAL BENT
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
Kiowa and Bent Counties.

LAT...LON 3834 10267 3811 10298 3844 10329 3852 10324
      3853 10318
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 302DEG 29KT 3835 10303 

$$

kam

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 9:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Elbert	41 min
Jun 29, 1:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	44 min
Jun 29, 1:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	32 min
Jun 29, 1:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	39 min
Jun 29, 2:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	13 min
Jun 29, 3:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	46 min
Jun 29, 3:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa	63 min
Jun 29, 4:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	39 min
Jun 29, 4:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	12 min
Jun 29, 5:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	17 min
Jun 29, 5:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	33 min
Jun 29, 5:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	38 min
Jun 29, 5:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	48 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.