Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2022
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Pueblo, CO
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 6:56 PM MDT | TORNADO | 8 S Lamar, CO | OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. |
| Jun 7, 6:58 PM MDT | TORNADO | 8 S Lamar, CO | VIDEO OF TORNADO. |
| Jun 7, 7:01 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 7 S Lamar, CO | REPORT 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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
$$
Cohen/MG1 follow-up statement
328
WWUS55 KPUB 080055
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
655 PM MDT Tue Jun 7 2022
COC099-080115-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-220608T0115Z/
Prowers CO-
655 PM MDT Tue Jun 7 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY...
At 654 PM MDT, a confirmed tornado was located 8 miles south of
Lamar, moving southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and baseball size hail.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
west central Prowers County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3795 10274 3805 10272 3798 10242 3783 10257
3787 10266
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 323DEG 12KT 3796 10266
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.75 IN
$$
CohenThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 6:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 6:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 27 min |
| Jun 7, 6:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 63 min |
| Jun 7, 6:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent | 49 min |
| Jun 7, 7:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 68 min |
| Jun 7, 7:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 96 min |
| Jun 7, 7:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent | 33 min |
| Jun 7, 7:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 56 min |
| Jun 7, 7:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 7:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Elbert | 23 min |
| Jun 7, 7:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 66 min |
| Jun 7, 7:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 63 min |
| Jun 7, 8:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 27 min |
| Jun 7, 8:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 53 min |
| Jun 7, 9:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 62 min |
| Jun 7, 9:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 83 min |
| Jun 7, 9:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa | 96 min |
| Jun 7, 10:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers | 95 min |
| Jun 7, 10:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 35 min |
| Jun 7, 11:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 33 min |
| Jun 7, 11:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 86 min |
| Jun 7, 11:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 11:59 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 12:33 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 27 min |
| Jun 8, 12:38 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 12:42 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 12:57 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 1:16 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 29 min |
| Jun 8, 1:27 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 1:39 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 66 min |
| Jun 8, 2:27 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 3:06 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 24 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 2022Every tornado warning in 2022Tornadoes in 2022
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.