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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 14, 2019Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 14, 2019, 10:25 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 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: Aug 14, 2019, 10:25 PM MDT (04:25 UTC)
Expired: Aug 14, 2019, 11:00 PM MDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:28 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 218 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: 402 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -229 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1927 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

623 
WFUS55 KPUB 150425
TORPUB
COC099-150500-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0029.190815T0425Z-190815T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1025 PM MDT Wed Aug 14 2019

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 1100 PM MDT.
    
* At 1024 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located near Granada, or 12 miles east of Lamar, moving
  south at 25 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  central 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 3809 10251 3812 10228 3777 10206 3770 10249
TIME...MOT...LOC 0424Z 345DEG 22KT 3803 10239 

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

$$

Hodanish

3 follow-up statements

131 
WWUS55 KPUB 150430
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1030 PM MDT Wed Aug 14 2019

COC099-150500-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-190815T0500Z/
Prowers CO-
1030 PM MDT Wed Aug 14 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
PROWERS COUNTY...
    
At 1030 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles south of Granada, or 17 miles southeast of Lamar,
moving south 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.

Locations impacted include...
Granada.

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 3809 10251 3812 10228 3777 10206 3770 10249
TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 344DEG 31KT 3795 10234 

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

$$

Hodanish

080 
WWUS55 KPUB 150437
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1037 PM MDT Wed Aug 14 2019

COC099-150500-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-190815T0500Z/
Prowers CO-
1037 PM MDT Wed Aug 14 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
PROWERS COUNTY...
    
At 1036 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 11 miles south of Granada, or 20 miles southeast of
Lamar, moving south at 30 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.

Locations impacted include...
Granada.

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 3809 10251 3812 10228 3777 10206 3770 10249
TIME...MOT...LOC 0436Z 349DEG 24KT 3789 10234 

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

$$

Hodanish

833 
WWUS55 KPUB 150441
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1041 PM MDT Wed Aug 14 2019

COC099-150500-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-190815T0500Z/
Prowers CO-
1041 PM MDT Wed Aug 14 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY...
    
At 1041 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 13 miles south of Granada, or 19 miles southeast of
Lamar, moving south at 20 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern 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 3805 10249 3799 10233 3777 10206 3770 10249
TIME...MOT...LOC 0441Z 354DEG 19KT 3788 10236 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

Hodanish

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 14, 6:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	35 min
Aug 14, 6:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	30 min
Aug 14, 6:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	32 min
Aug 14, 7:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	29 min
Aug 14, 7:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		33 min
Aug 14, 8:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	48 min
Aug 14, 8:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	30 min
Aug 14, 8:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	37 min
Aug 14, 8:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	32 min
Aug 14, 9:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	50 min
Aug 14, 10:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	35 min
Aug 14, 10:52 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Baca, Prowers	23 min
Aug 14, 11:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Prowers	31 min
Aug 14, 11:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	48 min
Aug 15, 12:31 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	29 min
Aug 15, 3:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	49 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.