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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 14, 2020Crowley County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2020, 5:34 PM MDT for Crowley County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 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: Jul 14, 2020, 5:34 PM MDT (23:34 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2020, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Crowley County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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
Jul 14, 2:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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: 52 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -309 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2723 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

678 
WFUS55 KPUB 142334
TORPUB
COC025-150000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0011.200714T2334Z-200715T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
534 PM MDT Tue Jul 14 2020

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 600 PM MDT.
    
* At 533 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 12 miles north of Ordway, or 31 miles northwest of La
  Junta, moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and golf 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 dangerous storm will be near...
  Sugar City around 600 PM MDT.

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 3832 10394 3849 10387 3843 10352 3819 10352
      3817 10374
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 286DEG 23KT 3839 10382 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

Hodanish

1 follow-up statement

697 
WWUS55 KPUB 142341 RRA
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
541 PM MDT Tue Jul 14 2020

COC025-150000-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-200715T0000Z/
Crowley CO-
541 PM MDT Tue Jul 14 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
CROWLEY COUNTY...
    
At 541 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 10 miles north of Ordway, or 29 miles northwest of La
Junta, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and golf 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 dangerous storm will be near...
  Sugar City around 600 PM MDT.

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 3832 10394 3849 10387 3843 10352 3819 10352
      3817 10374
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 286DEG 23KT 3838 10376 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

Hodanish

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 1:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	43 min
Jul 14, 1:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	38 min
Jul 14, 1:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	33 min
Jul 14, 3:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	31 min
Jul 14, 3:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	43 min
Jul 14, 3:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Elbert	37 min
Jul 14, 3:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	42 min
Jul 14, 3:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	25 min
Jul 14, 3:56 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
Jul 14, 3:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	33 min
Jul 14, 3:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	31 min
Jul 14, 4:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	33 min
Jul 14, 4:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	26 min
Jul 14, 4:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	17 min
Jul 14, 4:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	46 min
Jul 14, 4:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	38 min
Jul 14, 4:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo	46 min
Jul 14, 5:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	25 min
Jul 14, 5:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	24 min
Jul 14, 5:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Pueblo	42 min
Jul 14, 5:22 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo	23 min
Jul 14, 5:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	48 min
Jul 14, 5:56 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Crowley	34 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.