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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 29, 2019El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 29, 2019, 5:07 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 23 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: Jul 29, 2019, 5:07 PM MDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 2019, 5:30 PM MDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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
Jul 29, 5:12 PM MDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 Ssw Schriever Afb, CO	FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER.
Jul 29, 5:20 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 75	3 Sw Schriever Afb, CO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 164 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: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -363 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2202 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

547 
WFUS55 KPUB 292307
TORPUB
COC041-292330-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0023.190729T2307Z-190729T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
507 PM MDT Mon Jul 29 2019

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central El Paso County in east central Colorado...

* Until 530 PM MDT.
    
* At 507 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over eastern Colorado Springs, moving southeast at 15
  mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  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...
  Schriever AFB and Ellicott around 530 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 3882 10474 3897 10461 3880 10421 3858 10442
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 305DEG 14KT 3886 10460 

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

$$

Hodanish

2 follow-up statements

861 
WWUS55 KPUB 292314
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
514 PM MDT Mon Jul 29 2019

COC041-292330-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-190729T2330Z/
El Paso CO-
514 PM MDT Mon Jul 29 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
EL PASO COUNTY...
    
At 514 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Schriever AFB, or 16 miles east of Colorado Springs,
moving southeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

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...
  Ellicott around 525 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 3882 10474 3897 10461 3880 10421 3858 10442
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 310DEG 18KT 3882 10452 

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

$$

Hodanish

027 
WWUS55 KPUB 292321
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
521 PM MDT Mon Jul 29 2019

COC041-292330-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-190729T2330Z/
El Paso CO-
521 PM MDT Mon Jul 29 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
EL PASO COUNTY...
    
At 520 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Schriever AFB, or 17 miles east of Colorado Springs,
moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar size hail. Significant amounts of 
         hail have been confirmed with this storm. Also winds to 70 
         mph are likely with this storm. 

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...
  Ellicott around 530 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 3882 10474 3897 10461 3880 10421 3858 10442
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 305DEG 14KT 3881 10449 

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

$$

Hodanish

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 3:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	50 min
Jul 29, 3:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	32 min
Jul 29, 3:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Saguache	22 min
Jul 29, 3:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	51 min
Jul 29, 4:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	40 min
Jul 29, 4:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	38 min
Jul 29, 4:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	52 min
Jul 29, 4:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	32 min
Jul 29, 4:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	41 min
Jul 29, 4:49 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso	26 min
Jul 29, 5:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	31 min
Jul 29, 5:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Saguache	25 min
Jul 29, 5:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	33 min
Jul 29, 5:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	31 min
Jul 29, 5:52 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso	113 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.