Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2022
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2022, 6:00 PM MDT for Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 min. 4 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
- May 1, 2022, 6:00 PM MDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2022, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Bent County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 6:00 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 62 | 4 Wsw Lamar, CO | |
| May 1, 6:19 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Nw Lamar, CO | |
| May 1, 6:23 PM MDT | HAIL 1.25 | 5 N Lamar, CO | |
| May 1, 6:31 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Ne Lamar, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 2472 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 465 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
706
WFUS55 KPUB 020000
TORPUB
COC011-099-020030-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0001.220502T0000Z-220502T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
600 PM MDT Sun May 1 2022
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Prowers County in southeastern Colorado...
Northeastern Bent County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 630 PM MDT.
* At 559 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Wiley, or 10 miles northwest of Lamar, moving east
at 35 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Lamar, Wiley and McClave.
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 3803 10249 3809 10286 3824 10284 3827 10272
3827 10247 3826 10246
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 267DEG 32KT 3817 10278
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
$$
CSS/Cohen/MG2 follow-up statements
149
WWUS55 KPUB 020013
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
613 PM MDT Sun May 1 2022
COC011-099-020030-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-220502T0030Z/
Prowers CO-Bent CO-
613 PM MDT Sun May 1 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES...
At 613 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Wiley, or near Lamar, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and two inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Lamar and Wiley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3809 10283 3823 10281 3827 10272 3827 10247
3826 10246 3803 10249
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 280DEG 25KT 3816 10268
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
$$
CSS/Cohen981
WWUS55 KPUB 020019 CCA
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
619 PM MDT Sun May 1 2022
COC011-099-020030-
/O.COR.KPUB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-220502T0030Z/
Prowers CO-Bent CO-
619 PM MDT Sun May 1 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES...
At 619 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located just east of Wiley, or 7 miles north of Lamar, moving
east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and two inch 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.
Locations impacted include...
Lamar and Wiley.
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 3809 10283 3823 10281 3827 10272 3827 10247
3826 10246 3803 10249
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 260DEG 22KT 3816 10268
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
$$
CSS/CohenThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 6:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 24 min |
| May 1, 6:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 27 min |
| May 1, 6:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 53 min |
| May 1, 6:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 36 min |
| May 1, 7:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 26 min |
| May 1, 7:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 46 min |
| May 2, 12:35 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 40 min |
| May 2, 2:06 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 39 min |
| May 2, 3:46 AM MDT | Freeze Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 7 more | 11 hr |
| May 2, 2:48 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 7 more | 18 hr |
| May 2, 2:53 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, Huerfano and 5 more | 29 hr |
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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.