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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 14, 2020Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2020, 7:27 PM MDT for Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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, 7:27 PM MDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2020, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.75 in

Counties Bent County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 232 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 00:00Z on 2020-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 396 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 00:00Z on 2020-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

598 
WFUS55 KPUB 150127
TORPUB
COC011-099-150200-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0018.200715T0127Z-200715T0200Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Prowers County in southeastern Colorado...
  Southeastern Bent County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 800 PM MDT.
    
* At 726 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 17 miles south of Hasty, or 21 miles southwest of
  Lamar, moving east at 45 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of 
  southwestern Prowers and southeastern Bent Counties. This storm 
  has a history of producing confirmed tornadoes

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 3765 10316 3795 10324 3806 10238 3771 10235
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 270DEG 39KT 3787 10289 

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

$$

HOdanish
2 follow-up statements
772 
WWUS55 KPUB 150135
SVSPUB

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

COC011-099-150200-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-200715T0200Z/
Prowers CO-Bent CO-
735 PM MDT Tue Jul 14 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PROWERS AND SOUTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES...
    
At 733 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 17 miles southwest of Lamar, moving east at 45 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. Very strong straight line winds to 80 mph will 
         likely occur south of the tornadic circulation as it 
         crosses highway 287 south of Lamar.

This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Prowers and southeastern Bent Counties.

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 3766 10309 3795 10308 3806 10238 3771 10235
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 270DEG 39KT 3787 10279 

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

$$

Hodanish
769 
WWUS55 KPUB 150151
SVSPUB

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

COC011-150200-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-200715T0200Z/
Bent CO-
751 PM MDT Tue Jul 14 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
The tornadic circulation which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect for the eastern part 
of the county.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.

LAT...LON 3769 10273 3795 10271 3802 10238 3776 10237
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 272DEG 35KT 3785 10262 

$$

COC099-150200-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-200715T0200Z/
Prowers CO-
751 PM MDT Tue Jul 14 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY...
    
At 750 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 14 miles north of Two Buttes Reservoir, or 16 miles south
of Lamar, moving east at 40 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Prowers 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.

Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3769 10273 3795 10271 3802 10238 3776 10237
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 272DEG 35KT 3785 10262 

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, 6:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Pueblo30 min
Jul 14, 6:12 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero33 min
Jul 14, 6:13 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBCrowley, Otero32 min
Jul 14, 6:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Las Animas, Otero59 min
Jul 14, 6:37 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero23 min
Jul 14, 6:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero65 min
Jul 14, 6:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB38 min
Jul 14, 6:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero34 min
Jul 14, 6:59 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent31 min
Jul 14, 7:14 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent31 min
Jul 14, 7:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca40 min
Jul 14, 7:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers37 min
Jul 14, 7:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas33 min
Jul 14, 7:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers44 min
Jul 14, 8:01 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBProwers17 min
Jul 14, 8:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers20 min
Jul 14, 8:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca53 min
Jul 14, 8:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers38 min
Jul 14, 9:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers23 min
Jul 15, 1:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo63 min
Jul 15, 1:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso51 min
Jul 15, 2:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont27 min
Jul 15, 2:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller35 min
Jul 15, 2:13 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jul 15, 2:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo47 min
Jul 15, 2:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont26 min
Jul 15, 2:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso29 min
Jul 15, 2:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Fremont19 min
Jul 15, 2:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo63 min
Jul 15, 2:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont32 min
Jul 15, 2:48 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Teller2 hr
Jul 15, 3:06 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBFremont99 min
Jul 15, 3:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont30 min
Jul 15, 3:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso34 min
Jul 15, 3:18 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBEl Paso104 min
Jul 15, 3:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Fremont13 min
Jul 15, 3:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano28 min
Jul 15, 3:38 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo108 min
Jul 15, 3:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Pueblo36 min
Jul 15, 3:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano34 min
Jul 15, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Pueblo64 min
Jul 15, 4:13 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo32 min
Jul 15, 4:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo46 min
Jul 15, 4:17 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBPueblo118 min
Jul 15, 4:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo49 min
Jul 15, 5:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero, Pueblo50 min
Jul 15, 5:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Pueblo47 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.