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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 27, 2018Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 2018, 7:46 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 13 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: Jul 27, 2018, 7:46 PM MDT (01:46 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2018, 7:59 PM MDT
In force: 13 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

Counties Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 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
Jul 27, 3:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 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.

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: 948 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1548 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 3.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

377 
WFUS55 KPUB 280146
TORPUB
COC061-099-280215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0004.180728T0146Z-180728T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
746 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2018

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Prowers County in southeastern Colorado...
  Southeastern Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 815 PM MDT.
    
* At 745 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 11 miles northeast of Hartman, or 16 miles north of
  Coolidge, moving east at 35 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 Prowers and southeastern Kiowa 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 3815 10223 3835 10221 3836 10204 3814 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 271DEG 32KT 3827 10212 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements

063 
WWUS55 KPUB 280152
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
752 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2018

COC061-099-280215-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180728T0215Z/
Prowers CO-Kiowa CO-
752 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2018

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PROWERS AND SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES...
    
At 752 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 12 miles south of Towner, or 18 miles north of Coolidge,
moving northeast at 10 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 Prowers and southeastern Kiowa 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 3821 10222 3835 10221 3836 10204 3819 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 212DEG 10KT 3829 10212 

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

$$

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135 
WWUS55 KPUB 280159
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
759 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2018

COC061-099-280208-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180728T0215Z/
Prowers CO-Kiowa CO-
759 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2018

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PROWERS AND SOUTHEASTERN
KIOWA COUNTIES 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.  However nickel size 
hail, wind gusts around 50 mph and heavy rain are still possible 
with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.

LAT...LON 3821 10222 3835 10221 3836 10204 3819 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 271DEG 32KT 3829 10205 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 6:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Prowers	32 min
Jul 27, 6:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	38 min
Jul 27, 6:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	31 min
Jul 27, 7:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	27 min
Jul 27, 7:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	25 min
Jul 27, 7:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	25 min
Jul 28, 1:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	26 min
Jul 28, 2:31 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Custer, Pueblo	93 min
Jul 28, 2:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	40 min
Jul 28, 2:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	35 min
Jul 28, 2:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	26 min
Jul 28, 3:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	30 min
Jul 28, 3:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	35 min
Jul 28, 3:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	48 min
Jul 28, 3:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	39 min
Jul 28, 3:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	35 min
Jul 28, 5:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	41 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.