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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2023, 1:36 AM MDT for Crowley County, Otero County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 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 22, 2023, 1:36 AM MDT (07:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2023, 2:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
Counties Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 9:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 378 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
- 919 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1151 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
707
WFUS55 KPUB 220736
TORPUB
COC025-089-101-220800-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0035.230622T0736Z-230622T0800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
136 AM MDT Thu Jun 22 2023
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
West central Otero County in southeastern Colorado...
Southwestern Crowley County in southeastern Colorado...
East central Pueblo County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 200 AM MDT.
* At 136 AM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 10 miles south of Boone, or 24 miles southeast of
Pueblo, moving east at 20 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Fowler.
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 3804 10433 3820 10427 3814 10399 3794 10406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0736Z 287DEG 18KT 3809 10422
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.50 IN
$$
KT1 follow-up statement
936
WWUS55 KPUB 220747
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
147 AM MDT Thu Jun 22 2023
COC025-089-101-220800-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-230622T0800Z/
Otero CO-Crowley CO-Pueblo CO-
147 AM MDT Thu Jun 22 2023
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM MDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL OTERO...SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY AND EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO
COUNTIES...
At 146 AM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles southwest of Fowler, or 27 miles southeast of
Pueblo, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and two inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Open Country south of highway 50 and east of Pueblo.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3803 10430 3819 10424 3814 10399 3794 10406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0746Z 287DEG 15KT 3808 10417
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
$$
KTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 6:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 22 min |
| Jun 21, 6:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 46 min |
| Jun 21, 6:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 6:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 21 min |
| Jun 21, 7:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 7:16 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 17 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:16 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 29 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:16 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 16 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:19 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Bent | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 7:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 8:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 25 min |
| Jun 21, 8:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 48 min |
| Jun 21, 8:48 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 9:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 9:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 9:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 9:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Cheyenne | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 9:27 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 9:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 9:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 37 min |
| Jun 21, 9:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 62 min |
| Jun 21, 9:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 9:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 47 min |
| Jun 21, 10:12 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Crowley | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 10:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 10:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 10:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 11:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 52 min |
| Jun 21, 11:11 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 11:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 11:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 15 min |
| Jun 21, 11:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 53 min |
| Jun 22, 12:05 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 25 min |
| Jun 22, 12:12 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 12:33 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 12:45 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Pueblo | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 12:48 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 1:16 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 29 min |
| Jun 22, 1:24 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 66 min |
| Jun 22, 2:01 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 29 min |
| Jun 22, 2:02 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 2:27 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 2:46 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 3:15 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Otero | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 3:27 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:47 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 4:24 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 51 min |
| Jun 22, 5:12 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 5:49 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 26 min |
| Jun 22, 6:09 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 36 min |
| Jun 22, 10:32 AM MDT | Flood Watch | PUB | El Paso | 11 hr |
| Jun 22, 10:54 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:27 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 40 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 48 min | |
| Jun 22, 1:30 PM MDT | River Flood Watch | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 7 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:30 PM MDT | River Flood Watch | PUB | Otero | 12 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 2:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 4:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 5:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Douglas | 33 min |
| Jun 22, 5:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 59 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.