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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 22, 2023El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2023, 7:49 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 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, 7:49 PM MDT (01:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2023, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.0 in

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 22, 12:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 353 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Grand Junction, CO at 00:00Z on 2023-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Grand Junction, CO at 00:00Z on 2023-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
5541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

119 
WFUS55 KPUB 230149
TORPUB
COC041-230215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0036.230623T0149Z-230623T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
749 PM MDT Thu Jun 22 2023

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  North central El Paso County in east central Colorado...

* Until 815 PM MDT.
    
* At 749 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Peyton, or 22 miles northeast of Colorado Springs,
  moving northeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.

  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...
  Calhan.

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 3898 10447 3901 10449 3909 10434 3902 10430
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 241DEG 12KT 3900 10446 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN

$$

PS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 6:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBElbert36 min
Jun 22, 6:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas31 min
Jun 22, 6:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBEl Paso81 min
Jun 22, 7:20 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso2 hr
Jun 22, 7:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso30 min
Jun 22, 7:56 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBCrowley, Otero42 hr
Jun 22, 7:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso63 min
Jun 22, 8:01 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso29 min
Jun 22, 8:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBEl Paso25 min
Jun 22, 8:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBEl Paso26 min
Jun 22, 9:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBEl Paso32 min
Jun 23, 1:34 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBOtero3 days
Jun 23, 1:22 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBPueblo21 days
Jun 23, 2:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero27 min
Jun 23, 2:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero47 min
Jun 23, 3:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent52 min
Jun 23, 3:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent28 min
Jun 23, 3:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas40 min
Jun 23, 3:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers52 min
Jun 23, 4:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers38 min
Jun 23, 4:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas32 min
Jun 23, 4:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers51 min
Jun 23, 4:39 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBLas Animas24 min
Jun 23, 4:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers32 min
Jun 23, 5:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas43 min
Jun 23, 5:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca38 min
Jun 23, 5:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers50 min
Jun 23, 5:36 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBProwers24 min
Jun 23, 5:45 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca30 min
Jun 23, 5:58 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBProwers32 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.