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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 14, 2020Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 14, 2020, 4:32 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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: Aug 14, 2020, 4:32 PM MDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired: Aug 14, 2020, 5:00 PM MDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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
Aug 14, 5:00 PM MDT	HAIL 2	3 Se Granada, CO

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

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 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: 1224 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -447 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1761 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

412 
WFUS55 KPUB 142232
TORPUB
COC099-142300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0022.200814T2232Z-200814T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
432 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2020

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Prowers County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 500 PM MDT.
    
* At 432 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Hartman, or 11 miles west of Coolidge, moving
  south at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

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

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Holly around 435 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 3791 10232 3812 10227 3814 10214 3790 10211
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 004DEG 20KT 3809 10221 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

kam

2 follow-up statements

363 
WWUS55 KPUB 142245
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
445 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2020

COC099-142300-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-200814T2300Z/
Prowers CO-
445 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY...
    
At 444 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Granada, or 11 miles west of Coolidge, moving
southwest at 15 mph.

HAZARD...TORNADO and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

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

This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
east central 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3808 10228 3808 10213 3790 10211 3791 10232
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 036DEG 12KT 3805 10223 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

kam

292 
WWUS55 KPUB 142259
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
459 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2020

COC099-142309-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-200814T2300Z/
Prowers CO-
459 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
500 PM MDT...
    
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.  However
small hail is still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3808 10228 3808 10213 3790 10211 3791 10232
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 004DEG 20KT 3797 10224 

$$

kam

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 14, 4:08 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	25 min
Aug 14, 4:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	44 min
Aug 14, 4:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	35 min
Aug 14, 5:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Prowers	25 min
Aug 14, 5:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Prowers	46 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.