Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2020

Tornado Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 19, 2020Crowley County, Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2020, 6:53 PM MDT for Crowley County, Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 22 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: May 19, 2020, 6:53 PM MDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2020, 7:15 PM MDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

843 
WFUS55 KPUB 200053
TORPUB
COC025-061-200115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0001.200520T0053Z-200520T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
653 PM MDT Tue May 19 2020

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Western Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...
  East central Crowley County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 715 PM MDT.

* At 652 PM MDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Sugar City, or
  22 miles north of La Junta, moving northeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  western Kiowa and east central Crowley Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3824 10359 3827 10367 3844 10361 3837 10343
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 208DEG 17KT 3831 10360 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

mw

1 follow-up statement

626 
WWUS55 KPUB 200116
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
716 PM MDT Tue May 19 2020

COC025-061-200124-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-200520T0115Z/
Kiowa CO-Crowley CO-
716 PM MDT Tue May 19 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN KIOWA AND EAST CENTRAL CROWLEY
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM MDT...
                
The landspot tornado which prompted the warning has lifted. 
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. A severe 
thunderstorm warning is still in effect for this storm. 

LAT...LON 3824 10359 3827 10367 3844 10361 3837 10343
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 208DEG 17KT 3840 10354 

$$

mw

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 6:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley	31 min
May 19, 6:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley	45 min
May 19, 7:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		28 min
May 19, 7:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa	32 min
May 19, 7:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	34 min
May 19, 7:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		52 min
May 19, 7:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	46 min
May 19, 8:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	29 min
May 19, 8:05 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	25 min
May 19, 8:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	28 min
May 19, 8:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	26 min
May 19, 8:40 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	22 min
May 19, 8:45 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	114 min
May 19, 9:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	45 min
May 19, 10:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	35 min
May 20, 2:44 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Huerfano and 6 more	24 hr

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 2020 Every tornado warning in 2020 Tornadoes in 2020

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.