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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 16, 2023Bent County, Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2023, 6:49 PM MDT for Bent County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 11 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: Jun 16, 2023, 6:49 PM MDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2023, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 11 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

Counties Bent County, CO, Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 16, 1:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 296 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: 867 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1737 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.1
Supercell composite: -1.8

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The text

As transmitted.

620 
WFUS55 KPUB 170049
TORPUB
COC011-071-170100-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0022.230617T0049Z-230617T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
649 PM MDT Fri Jun 16 2023

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...
  Southwestern Bent County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 700 PM MDT.
    
* At 649 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 10 miles southeast of Higbee, or 23 miles southeast of
  North La Junta, moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar 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
  northeastern Las Animas and southwestern 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 3764 10331 3767 10334 3782 10325 3777 10314
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 223DEG 32KT 3769 10330 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN

$$

MG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 6:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	44 min
Jun 16, 6:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	38 min
Jun 16, 6:15 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Otero	15 min
Jun 16, 6:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	38 min
Jun 16, 6:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	36 min
Jun 16, 6:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	35 min
Jun 16, 6:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	31 min
Jun 16, 6:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	15 min
Jun 16, 6:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent	34 min
Jun 16, 6:42 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
Jun 16, 6:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Bent, Las Animas, Otero	31 min
Jun 16, 6:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	46 min
Jun 16, 7:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	30 min
Jun 16, 7:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	24 min
Jun 16, 7:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas	34 min
Jun 16, 7:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	28 min
Jun 16, 7:22 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	23 min
Jun 16, 7:26 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo, Teller	2 hr
Jun 16, 7:29 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Baca	31 min
Jun 16, 7:41 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	34 min
Jun 16, 7:52 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	38 min
Jun 16, 7:56 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Baca	34 min
Jun 16, 8:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	26 min
Jun 16, 8:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	32 min
Jun 16, 8:25 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Baca	35 min
Jun 16, 8:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	32 min
Jun 16, 8:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	24 min
Jun 16, 8:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	PUB	Baca	37 min
Jun 16, 8:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	32 min
Jun 16, 9:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	16 min
Jun 16, 9:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	35 min
Jun 16, 9:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Las Animas, Otero	31 min
Jun 16, 9:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas	31 min
Jun 16, 10:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	24 min
Jun 16, 10:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers	30 min
Jun 16, 10:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	16 min
Jun 16, 10:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	62 min
Jun 16, 11:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	47 min
Jun 17, 12:44 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	46 min
Jun 17, 3:16 AM MDT	Flood Watch	PUB	Baca, Bent, Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more	16 hr
Jun 17, 11:49 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	26 min
Jun 17, 12:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	32 min
Jun 17, 12:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Costilla	42 min
Jun 17, 12:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Custer, Fremont, Pueblo	38 min
Jun 17, 12:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Pueblo	42 min
Jun 17, 1:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	29 min
Jun 17, 1:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Pueblo	51 min
Jun 17, 1:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	46 min
Jun 17, 1:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	32 min
Jun 17, 1:50 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo	25 min
Jun 17, 2:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	48 min
Jun 17, 2:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	46 min
Jun 17, 2:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	47 min
Jun 17, 2:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	37 min
Jun 17, 3:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		24 min
Jun 17, 3:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas	33 min
Jun 17, 3:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	46 min
Jun 17, 3:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	31 min
Jun 17, 4:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	23 min
Jun 17, 4:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca, Kiowa, Prowers	49 min
Jun 17, 5:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	38 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.