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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Pueblo, CO

September 13, 2019Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Sep 13, 2019, 6:50 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 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: Sep 13, 2019, 6:50 PM MDT (00:50 UTC)
Expired: Sep 13, 2019, 7:15 PM MDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

County Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 286 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: 488 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1434 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

274 
WFUS55 KPUB 140050
TORPUB
COC071-140115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0033.190914T0050Z-190914T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
650 PM MDT Fri Sep 13 2019

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 715 PM MDT.
    
* At 650 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 8 miles north of Branson, or 26 miles north of Des
  Moines, moving southeast at 5 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.

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southeastern Las Animas 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 3712 10395 3718 10389 3714 10370 3703 10386
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 314DEG 6KT 3714 10388 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements

295 
WWUS55 KPUB 140102
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
702 PM MDT Fri Sep 13 2019

COC071-140115-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-190914T0115Z/
Las Animas CO-
702 PM MDT Fri Sep 13 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...
    
At 702 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles north of Branson, or 25 miles north of Des
Moines, moving southeast at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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 Las Animas 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 3714 10393 3718 10389 3714 10370 3705 10383
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 314DEG 6KT 3713 10386 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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883 
WWUS55 KPUB 140109
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
709 PM MDT Fri Sep 13 2019

COC071-140119-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-190914T0115Z/
Las Animas CO-
709 PM MDT Fri Sep 13 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 715 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 heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3714 10393 3718 10389 3714 10370 3705 10383
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 314DEG 6KT 3712 10385 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 13, 6:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	44 min
Sep 13, 6:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	51 min
Sep 13, 7:22 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Las Animas	3 hr

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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.