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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 14, 20204 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2020, 6:37 PM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 23 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 14, 2020, 6:37 PM MDT (00:37 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2020, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.0 in

Counties Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 14, 7:00 PM MDT	TORNADO	3 Sw Las Animas, CO	TORNADO TOUCH DOWN.
Jul 14, 7:00 PM MDT	TORNADO	4 W Las Animas, CO	LOCATION APPROXIMATED.
Jul 14, 7:00 PM MDT	TORNADO	6 W Las Animas, CO	TIME ESTIMATED. TOUCHED DOWN IN SOUTH FIELD.
Jul 14, 7:04 PM MDT	TORNADO	1 Sw Las Animas, CO	REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 396 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1771 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

774 
WFUS55 KPUB 150037
TORPUB
COC011-025-061-089-150100-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0015.200715T0037Z-200715T0100Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Otero County in southeastern Colorado...
  Western Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...
  Southeastern Crowley County in southeastern Colorado...
  Northwestern Bent County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 700 PM MDT.
    
* At 637 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Cheraw, or 13 miles north of North La Junta,
  moving southeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.

  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...
  Las Animas and John Martin Reservoir around 700 PM MDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Fort
Lyon.

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 3821 10384 3835 10355 3810 10296 3777 10330
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 299DEG 23KT 3817 10347 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

Hodanish

1 follow-up statement

124 
WWUS55 KPUB 150045
SVSPUB

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

COC011-025-061-089-150100-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-200715T0100Z/
Otero CO-Kiowa CO-Crowley CO-Bent CO-
645 PM MDT Tue Jul 14 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OTERO...SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA...SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY AND
NORTHWESTERN BENT COUNTIES...
    
At 645 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Cheraw, or 13 miles northeast of North La Junta,
moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and two inch 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...
  Las Animas around 710 PM MDT.
  John Martin Reservoir around 715 PM MDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Fort
Lyon.

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 3815 10355 3828 10344 3810 10296 3777 10330
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 299DEG 23KT 3814 10341 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

Hodanish

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 6:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Pueblo	30 min
Jul 14, 6:12 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	33 min
Jul 14, 6:13 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	32 min
Jul 14, 6:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Las Animas, Otero	59 min
Jul 14, 6:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero	65 min
Jul 14, 6:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		38 min
Jul 14, 6:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	34 min
Jul 14, 6:59 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent	31 min
Jul 14, 7:14 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent	31 min
Jul 14, 7:27 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	33 min
Jul 14, 7:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	40 min
Jul 14, 7:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	37 min
Jul 14, 7:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	33 min
Jul 14, 7:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	44 min
Jul 14, 8:01 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Prowers	17 min
Jul 14, 8:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	20 min
Jul 14, 8:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	53 min
Jul 14, 8:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	38 min
Jul 14, 9:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	23 min
Jul 15, 1:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo	63 min
Jul 15, 1:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	51 min
Jul 15, 2:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	27 min
Jul 15, 2:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Teller	35 min
Jul 15, 2:13 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
Jul 15, 2:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	47 min
Jul 15, 2:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	26 min
Jul 15, 2:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	29 min
Jul 15, 2:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Custer, Fremont	19 min
Jul 15, 2:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	63 min
Jul 15, 2:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Fremont	32 min
Jul 15, 2:48 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso, Fremont, Teller	2 hr
Jul 15, 3:06 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Fremont	99 min
Jul 15, 3:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Fremont	30 min
Jul 15, 3:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	34 min
Jul 15, 3:18 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso	104 min
Jul 15, 3:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Custer, Fremont	13 min
Jul 15, 3:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	28 min
Jul 15, 3:38 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	108 min
Jul 15, 3:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo	36 min
Jul 15, 3:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano	34 min
Jul 15, 3:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo	64 min
Jul 15, 4:13 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	32 min
Jul 15, 4:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo	46 min
Jul 15, 4:17 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Pueblo	118 min
Jul 15, 4:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	49 min
Jul 15, 5:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero, Pueblo	50 min
Jul 15, 5:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Pueblo	47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.