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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 7, 2022Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2022, 6:43 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 min. 3 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 7, 2022, 6:43 PM MDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2022, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.75 in

County Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 6:56 PM MDTTORNADO8 S Lamar, COOFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN.
Jun 7, 6:58 PM MDTTORNADO8 S Lamar, COVIDEO OF TORNADO.
Jun 7, 7:01 PM MDTHAIL 17 S Lamar, COREPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.).

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 7, 2:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 221 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2022-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 893 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2022-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
893 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2671 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

014 
WFUS55 KPUB 080043
TORPUB
COC099-080115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0011.220608T0043Z-220608T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
643 PM MDT Tue Jun 7 2022

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  West central Prowers County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 715 PM MDT.
    
* At 643 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Lamar, moving southeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and baseball 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
  west 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 3795 10274 3805 10272 3798 10242 3783 10257
      3787 10266
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 305DEG 19KT 3799 10266 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.75 IN

$$

Cohen/MG
1 follow-up statement
328 
WWUS55 KPUB 080055
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
655 PM MDT Tue Jun 7 2022

COC099-080115-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-220608T0115Z/
Prowers CO-
655 PM MDT Tue Jun 7 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY...
    
At 654 PM MDT, a confirmed tornado was located 8 miles south of
Lamar, moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Damaging tornado and baseball size hail.

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
west central Prowers 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 3795 10274 3805 10272 3798 10242 3783 10257
      3787 10266
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 323DEG 12KT 3796 10266 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.75 IN

$$

Cohen

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 6:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero50 min
Jun 7, 6:18 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent, Kiowa27 min
Jun 7, 6:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers63 min
Jun 7, 6:41 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBBent49 min
Jun 7, 7:07 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBProwers68 min
Jun 7, 7:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca96 min
Jun 7, 7:12 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent33 min
Jun 7, 7:23 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBProwers56 min
Jun 7, 7:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent46 min
Jun 7, 7:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBElbert23 min
Jun 7, 7:54 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca66 min
Jun 7, 7:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers63 min
Jun 7, 8:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso27 min
Jun 7, 8:37 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca, Prowers53 min
Jun 7, 9:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBBaca62 min
Jun 7, 9:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBKiowa83 min
Jun 7, 9:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Kiowa96 min
Jun 7, 10:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBBent, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers95 min
Jun 7, 10:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley35 min
Jun 7, 11:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers33 min
Jun 7, 11:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBBent, Prowers86 min
Jun 7, 11:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley43 min
Jun 7, 11:59 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBBent, Prowers3 hr
Jun 8, 12:33 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley27 min
Jun 8, 12:38 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero52 min
Jun 8, 12:42 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBBaca, Prowers63 min
Jun 8, 12:57 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent33 min
Jun 8, 1:16 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent29 min
Jun 8, 1:27 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBBaca, Prowers48 min
Jun 8, 1:39 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent66 min
Jun 8, 2:27 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca48 min
Jun 8, 3:06 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca24 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.