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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 23, 2023Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2023, 5:45 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 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 23, 2023, 5:45 PM MDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2023, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.0 in

County Baca County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 205 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 23, 2:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 220 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: 1822 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -168 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1283 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

852 
WFUS55 KPUB 232345
TORPUB
COC009-240015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0040.230623T2345Z-230624T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
545 PM MDT Fri Jun 23 2023

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  South central Baca County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 615 PM MDT.
    
* At 545 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 10 miles southwest of Campo, or 25 miles northwest of
  Boise City, moving east at 25 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.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Campo around 605 PM MDT.

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 3700 10282 3708 10279 3715 10254 3701 10249
      3699 10268
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 266DEG 22KT 3704 10275 

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

$$

MG

2 follow-up statements

429 
WWUS55 KPUB 232355
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
555 PM MDT Fri Jun 23 2023

COC009-240015-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-230624T0015Z/
Baca CO-
555 PM MDT Fri Jun 23 2023

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL BACA COUNTY...
    
At 555 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Campo, or 23 miles north of Boise City, moving east
at 25 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...
  Campo.

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 3700 10276 3708 10279 3715 10254 3701 10249
      3699 10268
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 266DEG 22KT 3704 10267 

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

$$

MG

611 
WWUS55 KPUB 240006 RRA
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
606 PM MDT Fri Jun 23 2023

COC009-240015-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-230624T0015Z/
Baca CO-
606 PM MDT Fri Jun 23 2023

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL BACA COUNTY...
    
At 606 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Campo, or 22 miles north of Boise City, moving east
at 25 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...
Campo.

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 3708 10267 3715 10254 3701 10249 3699 10268
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 266DEG 22KT 3704 10258 

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

$$

MG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 6:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Elbert	36 min
Jun 22, 6:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	31 min
Jun 22, 6:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso	81 min
Jun 22, 7:20 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	2 hr
Jun 22, 7:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	30 min
Jun 22, 7:49 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso	26 min
Jun 22, 7:56 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	42 hr
Jun 22, 7:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	63 min
Jun 22, 8:01 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso	29 min
Jun 22, 8:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso	25 min
Jun 22, 8:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso	26 min
Jun 22, 9:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso	32 min
Jun 23, 1:34 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	Otero	3 days
Jun 23, 1:22 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	Pueblo	21 days
Jun 23, 2:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	27 min
Jun 23, 2:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	47 min
Jun 23, 3:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent	52 min
Jun 23, 3:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	28 min
Jun 23, 3:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	40 min
Jun 23, 3:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	52 min
Jun 23, 4:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	38 min
Jun 23, 4:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	32 min
Jun 23, 4:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	51 min
Jun 23, 4:39 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Las Animas	24 min
Jun 23, 4:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	32 min
Jun 23, 5:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	43 min
Jun 23, 5:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	38 min
Jun 23, 5:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	50 min
Jun 23, 5:36 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Prowers	24 min
Jun 23, 5:58 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Prowers	32 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.