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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 6, 2022Bent County, Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2022, 8:42 PM MDT for Bent County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 18 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: Jul 6, 2022, 8:42 PM MDT (02:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2022, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

Counties Bent County, CO, Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 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
Jul 6, 8:46 PM MDT	TORNADO	6 Ene La Junta, CO	CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 6 ENE LA JUNTA. DELAYED REPORT: PICTURES FROM OTERO COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE SHOW MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A RESIDENCE NORTH OF HWY 50 AND SOUTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER, NORTHEAST OF CASA. WINDS ESTIMATED AT 80 MPH. THE TORN
Jul 6, 8:51 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 61	La Junta, CO
Jul 6, 8:58 PM MDT	TORNADO	8 E La Junta, CO	TORNADO SPOTTED AT HWY 50 AT BENT/OTERO COUNTY LINE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 197 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 313 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

138 
WFUS55 KPUB 070242
TORPUB
COC011-089-070300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0017.220707T0242Z-220707T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
842 PM MDT Wed Jul 6 2022

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Otero County in southeastern Colorado...
  West central Bent County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 900 PM MDT.

* At 842 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing both
  tornadoes and extensive straight line wind damage were located over
  Cheraw, or 8 miles north of La Junta, moving east at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  La Junta, North La Junta and Cheraw. 

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 3811 10365 3811 10362 3816 10362 3817 10356
      3817 10351 3819 10351 3823 10335 3799 10325
      3793 10359
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 250DEG 14KT 3811 10355 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN

$$

KT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 6:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	25 min
Jul 6, 7:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	28 min
Jul 6, 7:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	25 min
Jul 6, 7:54 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	3 hr
Jul 6, 7:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	49 min
Jul 6, 8:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	56 min
Jul 6, 9:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Bent, Prowers	56 min
Jul 6, 9:23 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	3 hr
Jul 6, 9:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	37 min
Jul 6, 9:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Kiowa	70 min
Jul 6, 10:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Bent, Prowers	66 min
Jul 6, 10:42 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Kiowa	77 min
Jul 6, 10:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	33 min
Jul 6, 10:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	40 min
Jul 7, 2:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	27 min
Jul 7, 2:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	33 min
Jul 7, 2:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	25 min
Jul 7, 4:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	27 min
Jul 7, 4:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	23 min
Jul 7, 4:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley	31 min
Jul 7, 5:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	37 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.