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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 7, 2022, 4:33 PM MDT for Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2022, 4:33 PM MDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2022, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.75 in
Counties Bent County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 2246 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
714
WFUS55 KPUB 072233
TORPUB
COC011-099-072315-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0020.220807T2233Z-220807T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
433 PM MDT Sun Aug 7 2022
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
West central Prowers County in southeastern Colorado...
East central Bent County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 515 PM MDT.
* At 433 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 16 miles southwest of Lamar, moving northwest at 15
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 and east central Bent Counties.
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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3787 10296 3797 10294 3802 10275 3796 10260
3779 10284
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 146DEG 12KT 3789 10280
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.75 IN
$$
Cohen2 follow-up statements
717
WWUS55 KPUB 072255
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
455 PM MDT Sun Aug 7 2022
COC099-072304-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-220807T2315Z/
Prowers CO-
455 PM MDT Sun Aug 7 2022
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3779 10284 3787 10296 3797 10294 3798 10280
3792 10274 3786 10274
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 146DEG 12KT 3795 10285
$$
COC011-072315-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-220807T2315Z/
Bent CO-
455 PM MDT Sun Aug 7 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL BENT COUNTY...
At 454 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 12 miles south of McClave, or 15 miles southwest of
Lamar, moving northwest at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and tennis 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.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
east central Bent 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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3779 10284 3787 10296 3797 10294 3798 10280
3792 10274 3786 10274
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 146DEG 12KT 3795 10285
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.50 IN
$$
MG/Cohen502
WWUS55 KPUB 072312
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
512 PM MDT Sun Aug 7 2022
COC011-072321-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-220807T2315Z/
Bent CO-
512 PM MDT Sun Aug 7 2022
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BENT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
515 PM MDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire. However gusty winds and heavy rain are still
possible with this thunderstorm.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
central and northern Prowers County until 545 PM.
LAT...LON 3779 10284 3787 10296 3797 10294 3798 10280
3792 10274 3786 10274
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 146DEG 12KT 3800 10289
$$
MG/CohenThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 6:05 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Otero | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 6:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 78 min |
| Aug 6, 6:41 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 7:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 12:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 51 min |
| Aug 7, 1:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 1:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 54 min |
| Aug 7, 2:02 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 2:32 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 2:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 51 min |
| Aug 7, 3:12 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Chaffee | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 73 min |
| Aug 7, 3:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 58 min |
| Aug 7, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 61 min |
| Aug 7, 3:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 57 min |
| Aug 7, 4:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 4:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 4:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent, Las Animas | 54 min |
| Aug 7, 4:56 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 59 min |
| Aug 7, 5:21 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Fremont | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 5:45 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.