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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 14, 2019Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 14, 2019, 10:52 PM MDT for Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 23 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, 10:52 PM MDT (04:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2019, 11:15 PM MDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.5 in

Counties Baca County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:53 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 216 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2019-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 402 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2019-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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The text

As transmitted.

869 
WFUS55 KPUB 150452
TORPUB
COC009-099-150515-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0030.190815T0452Z-190815T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1052 PM MDT Wed Aug 14 2019

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 1115 PM MDT.
    
* At 1052 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located 17 miles south of Granada, or 23 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 and northeastern Baca 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 3788 10246 3790 10224 3750 10209 3749 10252
TIME...MOT...LOC 0452Z 354DEG 19KT 3782 10234 

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

$$

Hodanish
1 follow-up statement
546 
WWUS55 KPUB 150505
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1105 PM MDT Wed Aug 14 2019

COC009-099-150515-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-190815T0515Z/
Prowers CO-Baca CO-
1105 PM MDT Wed Aug 14 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTIES...
    
At 1105 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 12 miles north of Two Buttes, or 23 miles northwest of
The Saunders Elevator, moving south at 25 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.

Locations impacted include...
Two Buttes.

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 3787 10241 3783 10222 3750 10209 3749 10249
TIME...MOT...LOC 0505Z 348DEG 22KT 3773 10231 

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

$$

Hodanish

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 6:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas35 min
Aug 14, 6:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas30 min
Aug 14, 6:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas32 min
Aug 14, 7:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero29 min
Aug 14, 7:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB33 min
Aug 14, 8:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers48 min
Aug 14, 8:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca30 min
Aug 14, 8:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers37 min
Aug 14, 8:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca32 min
Aug 14, 9:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers50 min
Aug 14, 10:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers35 min
Aug 14, 10:25 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBProwers35 min
Aug 14, 11:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Prowers31 min
Aug 14, 11:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca48 min
Aug 15, 12:31 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca29 min
Aug 15, 3:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca49 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.