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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2023, 5:58 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 2023, 5:58 PM MDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2023, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 6:11 PM MDT | TORNADO | 14 Ssw Holly, CO | Live video feed. |
| Jun 23, 6:23 PM MDT | TORNADO | 13 S Holly, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 820 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1121 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
644
WFUS55 KPUB 232358
TORPUB
COC099-240030-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0041.230623T2358Z-230624T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
558 PM MDT Fri Jun 23 2023
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Prowers County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 630 PM MDT.
* At 557 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 13 miles south of Granada, or 17 miles southwest of
Coolidge, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail. This storm has a
history of producing tornadoes.
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
east central Prowers 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 3787 10230 3791 10228 3789 10204 3769 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 291DEG 23KT 3787 10225
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
$$
Simcoe1 follow-up statement
767
WWUS55 KPUB 240006
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
606 PM MDT Fri Jun 23 2023
COC099-240030-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-230624T0030Z/
Prowers CO-
606 PM MDT Fri Jun 23 2023
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY...
At 606 PM MDT, a confirmed tornado was located 14 miles south of
Holly, or 16 miles southwest of Coolidge, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
east central Prowers County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3784 10225 3790 10219 3789 10204 3769 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 291DEG 23KT 3785 10218
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
$$
SimcoeThe 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 | 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 | PUB | El Paso | 25 min |
| Jun 22, 8:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 26 min |
| Jun 22, 9:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 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, 5:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.