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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 14, 2020Crowley County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2020, 5:56 PM MDT for Crowley County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 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, 5:56 PM MDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2020, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
34 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), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 14, 2:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 179 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2020-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 52 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2020-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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.

776 
WFUS55 KPUB 142356
TORPUB
COC025-150030-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0012.200714T2356Z-200715T0030Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 630 PM MDT.
    
* At 555 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 7 miles northwest of Sugar City, or 26 miles north of
  La Junta, moving southeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. Brief spinups have been 
           observed with this storm from storm chasers. 

  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 610 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 3831 10384 3844 10375 3836 10352 3818 10352
      3818 10369
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 299DEG 23KT 3833 10372 

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

$$

Hodanish
1 follow-up statement
295 
WWUS55 KPUB 150008
SVSPUB

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

COC025-150030-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-200715T0030Z/
Crowley CO-
608 PM MDT Tue Jul 14 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR EASTERN
CROWLEY COUNTY...
    
At 607 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Sugar City, or 22 miles north of La Junta, moving
southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. A large rotating wall cloud was 
         occurring with this storm.

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
eastern Crowley 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 3831 10384 3844 10375 3836 10352 3818 10352
      3818 10369
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 299DEG 23KT 3829 10363 

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

$$

Hodanish

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 1:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso43 min
Jul 14, 1:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache38 min
Jul 14, 1:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso33 min
Jul 14, 3:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso31 min
Jul 14, 3:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller43 min
Jul 14, 3:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBElbert37 min
Jul 14, 3:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller42 min
Jul 14, 3:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso25 min
Jul 14, 3:56 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jul 14, 3:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso33 min
Jul 14, 3:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso31 min
Jul 14, 4:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso33 min
Jul 14, 4:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso26 min
Jul 14, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso17 min
Jul 14, 4:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo46 min
Jul 14, 4:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso38 min
Jul 14, 4:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo46 min
Jul 14, 5:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso25 min
Jul 14, 5:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo24 min
Jul 14, 5:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Pueblo42 min
Jul 14, 5:22 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo23 min
Jul 14, 5:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas, Otero, Pueblo48 min
Jul 14, 5:34 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBCrowley26 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.