Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2022
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2022, 6:27 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 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, 6:27 PM MDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2022, 6:51 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 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), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 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, 6:31 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Ne Lamar, CO | |
| May 1, 6:57 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 66 | Granada, CO | MESONET STATION TT564. |
| May 1, 7:00 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Granada, CO | LARGE TREE BLOWN ACROSS BOTH LANES OF HWY 50. TIME IS APPROXIMATED. |
| May 1, 7:01 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | Bristol, CO | REPORT FROM MPING: GOLF BALL (1.75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 207 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.
317
WFUS55 KPUB 020027
TORPUB
COC099-020130-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0002.220502T0027Z-220502T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
627 PM MDT Sun May 1 2022
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Prowers County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 730 PM MDT.
* At 627 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Wiley, or 7 miles north of Lamar, moving east at
25 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, Granada and Bristol.
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 3798 10227 3804 10263 3812 10271 3827 10267
3827 10223
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 252DEG 20KT 3818 10260
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
$$
Cohen/CSS/kam2 follow-up statements
329
WWUS55 KPUB 020040
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
640 PM MDT Sun May 1 2022
COC099-020130-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-220502T0130Z/
Prowers CO-
640 PM MDT Sun May 1 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY...
At 639 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 10 miles northeast of Lamar, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and two inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Extreme northern Lamar, Granada and Bristol.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3798 10227 3806 10257 3813 10264 3827 10258
3827 10223
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 252DEG 20KT 3820 10251
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
$$
CSS/Cohen120
WWUS55 KPUB 020051
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
651 PM MDT Sun May 1 2022
COC099-020101-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-220502T0130Z/
Prowers CO-
651 PM MDT Sun May 1 2022
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area. However
small hail and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.
LAT...LON 3798 10227 3806 10257 3813 10264 3827 10258
3827 10223
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 252DEG 20KT 3822 10243
$$
MG/CohenThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 6:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 30 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.