Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2023
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2023, 2:26 PM MDT for Bent County, Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 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
- May 31, 2023, 2:26 PM MDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2023, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 291 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
- 2480 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
184
WFUS55 KPUB 312026
TORPUB
COC011-061-312100-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0013.230531T2026Z-230531T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
226 PM MDT Wed May 31 2023
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...
North central Bent County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 300 PM MDT.
* At 226 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Blue Lake, or 26 miles northeast of North La
Junta, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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...
Blue Lake.
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 3817 10318 3824 10327 3835 10315 3824 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 227DEG 16KT 3825 10317
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
kam3 follow-up statements
100
WWUS55 KPUB 312037
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
237 PM MDT Wed May 31 2023
COC011-061-312100-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-230531T2100Z/
Kiowa CO-Bent CO-
237 PM MDT Wed May 31 2023
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA AND NORTH CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES...
At 237 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Blue Lake, or 29 miles northeast of North La Junta,
moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Blue Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3819 10314 3827 10324 3835 10315 3824 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 229DEG 15KT 3826 10313
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
kam376
WWUS55 KPUB 312044
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
244 PM MDT Wed May 31 2023
COC011-061-312100-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-230531T2100Z/
Kiowa CO-Bent CO-
244 PM MDT Wed May 31 2023
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA AND NORTH CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES...
At 244 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles east of Blue Lake, or 29 miles northwest of
Lamar, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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
southwestern Kiowa and north 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3821 10310 3824 10318 3832 10312 3824 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 229DEG 16KT 3827 10310
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
kam832
WWUS55 KPUB 312057
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
257 PM MDT Wed May 31 2023
COC011-061-312107-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-230531T2100Z/
Kiowa CO-Bent CO-
257 PM MDT Wed May 31 2023
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA AND NORTH CENTRAL BENT
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM MDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However small
hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this
thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3821 10310 3824 10318 3832 10312 3824 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 227DEG 16KT 3830 10306
$$
kamThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 6:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 26 min |
| May 30, 6:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 26 min |
| May 30, 6:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 31 min |
| May 30, 6:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 28 min |
| May 30, 7:12 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Prowers | 3 hr |
| May 31, 10:05 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 25 min |
| May 31, 1:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 28 min |
| May 31, 1:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 25 min |
| May 31, 1:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 50 min |
| May 31, 1:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 39 min |
| May 31, 2:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 34 min |
| May 31, 2:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 59 min |
| May 31, 2:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 43 min |
| May 31, 2:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 32 min |
| May 31, 2:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 50 min |
| May 31, 3:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 44 min |
| May 31, 3:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 18 min |
| May 31, 3:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.