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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 23, 2023Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2023, 7:01 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 14 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, 7:01 PM MDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2023, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
14 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), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 23, 2:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 193 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2023-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2183 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2023-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
2183 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1260 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

123 
WFUS55 KPUB 240101
TORPUB
COC099-240115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0046.230624T0101Z-230624T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
701 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 715 PM MDT.
    
* At 701 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 14 miles south of Coolidge, moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong 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.

* 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 3782 10215 3790 10211 3789 10204 3776 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 272DEG 16KT 3784 10208 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN

$$

KT
1 follow-up statement
462 
WWUS55 KPUB 240110
SVSPUB

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

COC099-240120-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-230624T0115Z/
Prowers CO-
710 PM MDT Fri Jun 23 2023

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
715 PM MDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.

LAT...LON 3782 10215 3790 10211 3789 10204 3776 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 272DEG 16KT 3784 10203 

$$

KT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers47 min
Jun 23, 6:13 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca32 min
Jun 23, 6:26 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBProwers34 min
Jun 23, 6:29 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBProwers31 min
Jun 23, 6:43 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca47 min
Jun 23, 6:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers16 min
Jun 23, 8:56 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBCrowley, Otero12 hr

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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.