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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 23, 2019Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 23, 2019, 5:07 PM MDT for Kiowa 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 23, 2019, 5:07 PM MDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired: Aug 23, 2019, 5:30 PM MDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 116 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 23, 2:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 156 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: 39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -299 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3050 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

484 
WFUS55 KPUB 232307
TORPUB
COC061-232330-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0032.190823T2307Z-190823T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
507 PM MDT Fri Aug 23 2019

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 530 PM MDT.
    
* At 506 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Eads, or 28 miles north of Lamar, moving northeast
  at 5 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
  north central Kiowa 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 3861 10235 3842 10265 3849 10280 3862 10274
      3861 10258 3862 10242
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 229DEG 6KT 3849 10270 

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

$$

KT

2 follow-up statements

638 
WWUS55 KPUB 232317
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
517 PM MDT Fri Aug 23 2019

COC061-232330-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-190823T2330Z/
Kiowa CO-
517 PM MDT Fri Aug 23 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY...
    
At 516 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Eads, or 28 miles southwest of Cheyenne Wells,
moving northeast at 10 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...
Open country northeast of Eads.

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 3861 10238 3844 10264 3849 10280 3862 10274
      3861 10258 3862 10242
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 216DEG 7KT 3851 10271 

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

$$

KT

035 
WWUS55 KPUB 232328
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
528 PM MDT Fri Aug 23 2019

COC061-232337-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-190823T2330Z/
Kiowa CO-
528 PM MDT Fri Aug 23 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
530 PM MDT...
    
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning will 
expire. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.  

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for 
north central Kiowa County until 600 PM

LAT...LON 3861 10238 3844 10264 3849 10280 3862 10274
      3861 10258 3862 10242
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 229DEG 6KT 3852 10269 

$$

KT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 22, 9:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	43 min
Aug 22, 10:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	25 min
Aug 22, 10:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	39 min
Aug 23, 1:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	88 min
Aug 23, 1:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	63 min
Aug 23, 1:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	91 min
Aug 23, 2:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	93 min
Aug 23, 2:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	53 min
Aug 23, 3:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	45 min
Aug 23, 3:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	45 min
Aug 23, 3:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	61 min
Aug 23, 4:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	91 min
Aug 23, 4:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	96 min
Aug 23, 4:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	45 min
Aug 23, 4:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	34 min
Aug 23, 4:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	32 min
Aug 23, 4:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	42 min
Aug 23, 5:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	26 min
Aug 23, 5:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	59 min
Aug 23, 5:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	40 min
Aug 23, 5:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	36 min
Aug 23, 5:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	27 min
Aug 23, 5:43 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Bent, Prowers	3 hr
Aug 23, 5:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo	35 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.