Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2018
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2018, 4:08 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 19 min. 1 report 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 22, 2018, 4:08 PM MDT (22:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2018, 4:27 PM MDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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 22, 4:30 PM MDT | HAIL 1.5 | 2 S Holly, 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 22, 12:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 204 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
845
WFUS55 KPUB 222208
TORPUB
COC099-222245-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0001.180622T2208Z-180622T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
408 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2018
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Prowers County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 445 PM MDT.
* At 408 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Hartman, or 12 miles west of Coolidge, moving
southeast at 30 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...
Holly around 415 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 3807 10234 3818 10222 3809 10204 3782 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 311DEG 27KT 3807 10223
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
Hodanish2 follow-up statements
736
WWUS55 KPUB 222215
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
415 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2018
COC099-222245-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-180622T2245Z/
Prowers CO-
415 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY...
At 414 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Holly, or 9 miles west of Coolidge, moving east at
35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Prowers County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3807 10234 3818 10222 3809 10204 3782 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 292DEG 30KT 3806 10217
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
Hodanish902
WWUS55 KPUB 222227
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
427 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2018
COC099-222236-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-180622T2245Z/
Prowers CO-
427 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY 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. However
small hail is still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.
LAT...LON 3807 10234 3818 10222 3809 10204 3782 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 311DEG 27KT 3800 10208
$$
HodanishThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 6:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 7:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 25 min |
| Jun 21, 8:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 11:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 27 min | |
| Jun 22, 12:10 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 35 min | |
| Jun 22, 3:42 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 4:11 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Fremont and 7 more | 11 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:21 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 24 min |
| Jun 22, 11:48 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 12:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 28 min |
| Jun 22, 12:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 26 min |
| Jun 22, 12:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 1:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 32 min |
| Jun 22, 2:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 2:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 2:54 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Fremont and 7 more | 30 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 33 min |
| Jun 22, 3:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 25 min |
| Jun 22, 3:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 3:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 4:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 24 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.