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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 26, 2020El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2020, 4:13 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 min. 8 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: Jun 26, 2020, 4:13 PM MDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2020, 4:45 PM MDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 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
Jun 26, 4:13 PM MDT	HAIL 2.5	4 E Air Force Academy, CO
Jun 26, 4:15 PM MDT	HAIL 1.75	3 Ene Air Force Academy, CO
Jun 26, 4:18 PM MDT	HAIL 1.75	4 W Black Forest, CO
Jun 26, 4:33 PM MDT	HAIL 1	4 Sw Black Forest, CO
Jun 26, 4:34 PM MDT	HAIL 1	4 Ssw Black Forest, CO
Jun 26, 4:36 PM MDT	HAIL 1.5	3 S Black Forest, CO	REPORT FROM MPING: PING PONG BALL (1.50 IN.).
Jun 26, 4:37 PM MDT	HAIL 1.5	3 Ssw Black Forest, CO
Jun 26, 4:44 PM MDT	HAIL 1	2 Sw Black Forest, CO

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
Jun 26, 1:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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: 108 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -365 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1341 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

183 
WFUS55 KPUB 262213
TORPUB
COC041-262245-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0007.200626T2213Z-200626T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
413 PM MDT Fri Jun 26 2020

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern El Paso County in east central Colorado...

* Until 445 PM MDT.
    
* At 413 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over northern Colorado Springs, moving southeast at 10
  mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar 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...
  Black Forest around 425 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 3897 10486 3904 10479 3901 10456 3891 10473
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 304DEG 11KT 3898 10478 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements

508 
WWUS55 KPUB 262232
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
432 PM MDT Fri Jun 26 2020

COC041-262245-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-200626T2245Z/
El Paso CO-
432 PM MDT Fri Jun 26 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...
    
At 431 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Black Forest, or 9 miles northeast of Colorado
Springs, moving southeast at 15 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
north central El Paso 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 3895 10481 3902 10471 3898 10461 3891 10473
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 304DEG 11KT 3895 10472 

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

$$
 
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850 
WWUS55 KPUB 262241
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
441 PM MDT Fri Jun 26 2020

COC041-262251-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-200626T2245Z/
El Paso CO-
441 PM MDT Fri Jun 26 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 445 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 and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

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

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
El Paso County through 530 PM MDT.

LAT...LON 3895 10481 3902 10471 3898 10461 3891 10473
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 304DEG 11KT 3894 10469 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 6:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	14 min
Jun 25, 7:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	12 min
Jun 25, 7:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	25 min
Jun 25, 7:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	36 min
Jun 25, 8:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	8 min
Jun 26, 3:50 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache	11 hr
Jun 26, 2:49 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache	29 hr
Jun 26, 3:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Douglas	43 min
Jun 26, 3:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	48 min
Jun 26, 3:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	40 min
Jun 26, 3:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	47 min
Jun 26, 4:34 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso	100 min
Jun 26, 4:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	50 min
Jun 26, 4:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Teller	47 min
Jun 26, 4:59 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso	31 min
Jun 26, 5:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	28 min
Jun 26, 5:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	39 min
Jun 26, 5:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		41 min
Jun 26, 5:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	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.