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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 20, 2019Crowley County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 20, 2019, 6:39 PM MDT for Crowley County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 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 20, 2019, 6:39 PM MDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2019, 7:15 PM MDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

County Crowley County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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 20, 2:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 178 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: 393 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1953 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

064 
WFUS55 KPUB 210039
TORPUB
COC025-210115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0018.190721T0039Z-190721T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
639 PM MDT Sat Jul 20 2019

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Crowley County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 715 PM MDT.
    
* At 639 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 11 miles north of Ordway, or 31 miles northwest of La
  Junta, moving southeast 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 dangerous storm will be near...
  Sugar City around 700 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 3831 10396 3848 10387 3837 10352 3819 10361
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 292DEG 32KT 3837 10383 

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

$$

Hodanish

3 follow-up statements

485 
WWUS55 KPUB 210047
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
647 PM MDT Sat Jul 20 2019

COC025-210115-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-190721T0115Z/
Crowley CO-
647 PM MDT Sat Jul 20 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
CROWLEY COUNTY...
    
At 647 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles north of Ordway, or 28 miles north of La Junta,
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 dangerous storm will be near...
  Sugar City around 700 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 3831 10396 3848 10387 3837 10352 3819 10361
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 285DEG 30KT 3836 10374 

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

$$

Hodanish

197 
WWUS55 KPUB 210059
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
659 PM MDT Sat Jul 20 2019

COC025-210115-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-190721T0115Z/
Crowley CO-
659 PM MDT Sat Jul 20 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
CROWLEY COUNTY...
    
At 659 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles north of Sugar City, or 28 miles north of La
Junta, moving east at 25 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
central Crowley 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 3831 10396 3848 10387 3837 10352 3819 10361
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 273DEG 22KT 3838 10366 

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

$$
Hodanish

384 
WWUS55 KPUB 210112
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
712 PM MDT Sat Jul 20 2019

COC025-210120-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-190721T0115Z/
Crowley CO-
712 PM MDT Sat Jul 20 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CROWLEY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 715
PM MDT...
    
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened. 
Therefore, the tornado warning will be allowed to expire. However, 
severe straight line winds and hail up to the size of quarters will 
still be possible with this storm as it moves east at 40 mph. 

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

LAT...LON 3831 10396 3848 10387 3837 10352 3819 10361
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 292DEG 32KT 3834 10354 

$$

Hodanish

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 20, 6:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	65 min
Jul 20, 6:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	27 min
Jul 20, 7:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers	28 min
Jul 20, 7:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	34 min
Jul 20, 8:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	22 min
Jul 20, 8:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	41 min
Jul 20, 8:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	34 min
Jul 20, 8:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	37 min
Jul 20, 9:21 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Kiowa	3 hr
Jul 21, 3:51 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	PUB	Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 3 more	22 hr
Jul 21, 2:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	32 min
Jul 21, 2:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	31 min
Jul 21, 2:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	25 min
Jul 21, 3:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	28 min
Jul 21, 3:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	33 min
Jul 21, 3:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	31 min
Jul 21, 3:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso	118 min
Jul 21, 3:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	46 min
Jul 21, 4:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	48 min
Jul 21, 5:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	31 min
Jul 21, 5:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	29 min
Jul 21, 5:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	27 min
Jul 21, 5:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso	55 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.