Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2021, 4:01 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 14 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
- Apr 27, 2021, 4:01 PM MDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2021, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3214 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
863
WFUS55 KPUB 272201
TORPUB
COC061-272215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0001.210427T2201Z-210427T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
401 PM MDT Tue Apr 27 2021
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
North central Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 415 PM MDT.
* At 400 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles north of Haswell, or 45 miles north of North La
Junta, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
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 Kiowa 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 3861 10305 3853 10317 3854 10317 3855 10318
3857 10318 3861 10317
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 231DEG 21KT 3859 10321
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
KTS1 follow-up statement
704
WWUS55 KPUB 272203
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
403 PM MDT Tue Apr 27 2021
COC061-272215-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210427T2215Z/
Kiowa CO-
403 PM MDT Tue Apr 27 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY...
At 402 PM MDT, a confirmed tornado was located 10 miles north of
Haswell, or 46 miles northeast of North La Junta, moving northeast at
25 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
north central Kiowa County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3861 10305 3853 10317 3854 10317 3855 10318
3857 10318 3861 10317
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 231DEG 21KT 3860 10320
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
KTSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 11:28 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 11:53 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 12:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 12:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 1:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 1:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 1:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 2:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 14 min |
| Apr 27, 2:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Elbert | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 2:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 2:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 3:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 3:02 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 4 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:26 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | PUB | Baca | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 4:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 15 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.