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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 22, 2019Custer County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 2019, 4:29 PM MDT for Custer County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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 22, 2019, 4:29 PM MDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2019, 5:00 PM MDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Custer County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 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 (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 270 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: 294 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 778 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

979 
WFUS55 KPUB 222229
TORPUB
COC027-222300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0019.190722T2229Z-190722T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
429 PM MDT Mon Jul 22 2019

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  North central Custer County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 500 PM MDT.
    
* At 428 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 15 miles northeast of Crestone Peak, or 19 miles
  southeast of Hayden Pass Burn Scar, and is nearly stationary.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  north central Custer County, including the following locations...
  Westcliffe and Silver Cliff.

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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3820 10546 3817 10540 3811 10547 3815 10552
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 012DEG 4KT 3817 10546 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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2 follow-up statements

110 
WWUS55 KPUB 222253
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
453 PM MDT Mon Jul 22 2019

COC027-222300-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-190722T2300Z/
Custer CO-
453 PM MDT Mon Jul 22 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY...
    
At 452 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 13 miles northeast of Crestone Peak, or 19 miles west of 
Junkins Burn Scar, and is nearly stationary. We've had multiple 
reports of funnel clouds in the area with this storm.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.

This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Custer 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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3818 10547 3816 10543 3814 10550 3815 10552
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 012DEG 4KT 3814 10547 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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415 
WWUS55 KPUB 222259
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
459 PM MDT Mon Jul 22 2019

COC027-222308-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-190722T2300Z/
Custer CO-
459 PM MDT Mon Jul 22 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
500 PM MDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However small hail
and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3818 10547 3816 10543 3814 10550 3815 10552
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 012DEG 4KT 3813 10547 

$$

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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 21, 6:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	28 min
Jul 21, 6:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	25 min
Jul 21, 6:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	47 min
Jul 21, 7:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	42 min
Jul 21, 7:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	52 min
Jul 21, 8:01 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso, Teller	119 min
Jul 21, 8:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	26 min
Jul 21, 8:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	37 min
Jul 21, 8:16 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
Jul 21, 8:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	31 min
Jul 21, 8:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Custer, Huerfano, Pueblo	42 min
Jul 21, 8:48 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Custer, Huerfano, Pueblo	5 hr
Jul 21, 8:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas, Otero	36 min
Jul 21, 8:58 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Fremont	3 hr
Jul 21, 9:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Fremont	52 min
Jul 21, 9:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Custer, Pueblo	50 min
Jul 21, 9:12 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Custer, Pueblo	5 hr
Jul 21, 9:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo	34 min
Jul 21, 9:38 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Otero, Pueblo	3 hr
Jul 21, 9:38 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	8 hr
Jul 21, 9:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	37 min
Jul 21, 9:46 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Las Animas	119 min
Jul 21, 11:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Chaffee	29 min
Jul 22, 2:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	43 min
Jul 22, 3:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	49 min
Jul 22, 3:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	47 min
Jul 22, 3:52 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso, Teller	96 min
Jul 22, 4:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	53 min
Jul 22, 4:59 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Custer, Fremont	2 hr
Jul 22, 5:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	43 min
Jul 22, 5:22 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Custer	3 hr
Jul 22, 5:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	49 min
Jul 22, 5:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Custer, Pueblo	3 hr
Jul 22, 5:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Custer, Pueblo	34 min
Jul 22, 5:54 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Custer, Pueblo	3 hr
Jul 22, 5:56 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Custer, Pueblo	21 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.