Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2023
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2023, 2:52 PM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 21 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 10, 2023, 2:52 PM MDT (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2023, 3:13 PM MDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Teller County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 10, 1:55 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 284 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
- 3468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
330
WFUS55 KPUB 102052
TORPUB
COC119-102130-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0002.230510T2052Z-230510T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
252 PM MDT Wed May 10 2023
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Teller County in central Colorado...
* Until 330 PM MDT.
* At 252 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Westcreek, or 29 miles northwest of Colorado
Springs, moving north at 25 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
northwestern Teller 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 3913 10512 3906 10516 3910 10533 3913 10533
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 190DEG 21KT 3913 10522
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
Rodriguez1 follow-up statement
810
WWUS55 KPUB 102113
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
313 PM MDT Wed May 10 2023
COC119-102123-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-230510T2130Z/
Teller CO-
313 PM MDT Wed May 10 2023
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for central
Colorado.
LAT...LON 3913 10512 3906 10516 3910 10533 3913 10533
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 190DEG 21KT 3925 10519
$$
PSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 1:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Douglas | 22 min |
| May 10, 1:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 44 min |
| May 10, 2:19 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Teller | 26 min |
| May 10, 2:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 23 min |
| May 10, 2:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 35 min |
| May 10, 2:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Teller | 27 min |
| May 10, 3:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 30 min |
| May 10, 3:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 28 min |
| May 10, 3:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 24 min |
| May 10, 3:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 23 min |
| May 10, 3:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 20 min |
| May 10, 3:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 28 min |
| May 10, 3:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 28 min |
| May 10, 3:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont | 47 min |
| May 10, 3:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 24 min |
| May 10, 3:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 23 min |
| May 10, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont, Teller | 46 min |
| May 10, 3:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 26 min |
| May 10, 3:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 24 min |
| May 10, 3:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 38 min |
| May 10, 3:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 37 min |
| May 10, 4:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 43 min |
| May 10, 4:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 35 min |
| May 10, 4:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 32 min |
| May 10, 4:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 25 min |
| May 10, 4:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 33 min |
| May 10, 4:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| May 10, 5:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 26 min |
| May 10, 5:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 51 min |
| May 10, 5:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 42 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.