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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 5, 2023Bent County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2023, 9:45 PM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 min. 3 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: Jul 5, 2023, 9:45 PM MDT (03:45 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2023, 10:15 PM MDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Bent County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:44 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
Jul 5, 10:05 PM MDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 W Las Animas, CO	Updates previous tstm wnd dmg report from 1 W Las Animas. Multiple windows on north side of house blown out by wind and hail.
Jul 5, 10:05 PM MDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 W Las Animas, CO	Updates previous tstm wnd dmg report from 1 W Las Animas. Multiple windows on north side of house blown out by wind and hail.
Jul 5, 10:05 PM MDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 W Las Animas, CO	Window on north side of house blown out with by wind and hail.

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
Jul 5, 3:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 297 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: 1016 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 929 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 272 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 1.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

922 
WFUS55 KPUB 060345
TORPUB
COC011-060415-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0049.230706T0345Z-230706T0415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
945 PM MDT Wed Jul 5 2023

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Bent County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 1015 PM MDT.
    
* At 944 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Las Animas, or 11 miles east of North La Junta,
  moving southeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  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...
  Las Animas around 950 PM MDT.
  John Martin Reservoir around 955 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 3808 10339 3815 10329 3789 10296 3773 10322
      3796 10339
TIME...MOT...LOC 0344Z 320DEG 14KT 3804 10332 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

Hodanish

2 follow-up statements

195 
WWUS55 KPUB 060353
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
953 PM MDT Wed Jul 5 2023

COC011-060415-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-230706T0415Z/
Bent CO-
953 PM MDT Wed Jul 5 2023

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN BENT COUNTY...
    
At 953 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Las Animas, or 13 miles east of North La Junta,
moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

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...
  John Martin Reservoir around 1000 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 3808 10339 3815 10329 3789 10296 3773 10322
      3796 10339
TIME...MOT...LOC 0353Z 320DEG 14KT 3801 10329 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

Hodanish

953 
WWUS55 KPUB 060402
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1002 PM MDT Wed Jul 5 2023

COC011-060415-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-230706T0415Z/
Bent CO-
1002 PM MDT Wed Jul 5 2023

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN BENT COUNTY...
    
At 1001 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Las Animas, or 14 miles east of North La Junta,
moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and three 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.

This dangerous storm will be near...
  John Martin Reservoir around 1005 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 3805 10335 3811 10324 3789 10296 3773 10322
      3794 10336
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 320DEG 14KT 3798 10326 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...3.00 IN

$$

Hodanish

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 6:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Douglas	24 min
Jul 5, 6:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	37 min
Jul 5, 6:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	35 min
Jul 5, 6:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	13 min
Jul 5, 6:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	24 min
Jul 5, 6:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	37 min
Jul 5, 6:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	27 min
Jul 5, 6:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	23 min
Jul 5, 6:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	34 min
Jul 5, 7:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, El Paso	31 min
Jul 5, 7:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas, Otero	27 min
Jul 5, 7:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	23 min
Jul 5, 7:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo	61 min
Jul 5, 7:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	36 min
Jul 5, 7:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	33 min
Jul 5, 8:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	26 min
Jul 5, 8:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Pueblo	35 min
Jul 5, 8:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers, Pueblo	51 min
Jul 5, 8:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	26 min
Jul 5, 9:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers	39 min
Jul 5, 9:15 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	5 hr
Jul 5, 9:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers	36 min
Jul 5, 9:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	34 min
Jul 5, 10:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers	63 min
Jul 5, 10:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Prowers	38 min
Jul 5, 10:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers	58 min
Jul 5, 11:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Baca	59 min
Jul 6, 12:21 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	24 min
Jul 6, 5:46 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	44 min
Jul 6, 6:48 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	Bent	13 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.