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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 24, 2021Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2021, 4:31 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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
Jun 24, 2021, 4:31 PM MDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2021, 5:03 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.0 in

County Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 4:42 PM MDTHAIL 28 Ne Hartman, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 24, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 656 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 341 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
656 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-689 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2517 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
341 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
389 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

248 
WFUS55 KPUB 242231
TORPUB
COC099-242315-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0025.210624T2231Z-210624T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
431 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 515 PM MDT.
    
* At 431 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Hartman, or 12 miles northwest of Coolidge, moving
  southeast at 15 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northeastern 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 3813 10220 3820 10225 3827 10221 3827 10205
      3808 10204 3808 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 297DEG 14KT 3819 10215 

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

$$

Cohen
1 follow-up statement
819 
WWUS55 KPUB 242303
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
503 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021

COC099-242313-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-210624T2315Z/
Prowers CO-
503 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.

LAT...LON 3813 10220 3820 10225 3827 10221 3827 10205
      3808 10204 3808 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 297DEG 14KT 3813 10201 

$$

Cohen

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 6:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo26 min
Jun 24, 1:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller14 min
Jun 24, 1:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache26 min
Jun 24, 1:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBDouglas34 min
Jun 24, 1:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache31 min
Jun 24, 1:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller30 min
Jun 24, 2:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB35 min
Jun 24, 2:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso22 min
Jun 24, 2:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBElbert39 min
Jun 24, 2:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso37 min
Jun 24, 2:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache47 min
Jun 24, 3:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso59 min
Jun 24, 3:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB44 min
Jun 24, 3:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers56 min
Jun 24, 3:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero49 min
Jun 24, 4:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso32 min
Jun 24, 4:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa57 min
Jun 24, 4:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero51 min
Jun 24, 4:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso55 min
Jun 24, 4:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca52 min
Jun 24, 5:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso52 min
Jun 24, 5:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso39 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.