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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Pueblo, CO
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.
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
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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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
$$
KT1 follow-up statement
462
WWUS55 KPUB 240110
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
710 PM MDT Fri Jun 23 2023
COC099-240120-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-230624T0115Z/
Prowers CO-
710 PM MDT Fri Jun 23 2023
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
715 PM MDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.
LAT...LON 3782 10215 3790 10211 3789 10204 3776 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 272DEG 16KT 3784 10203
$$
KTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 6:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 6:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 32 min |
| Jun 23, 6:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 34 min |
| Jun 23, 6:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 6:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 6:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 16 min |
| Jun 23, 8:56 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 12 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.