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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 24, 2023Crowley County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2023, 5:18 PM MDT for Crowley County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 15 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: May 24, 2023, 5:18 PM MDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2023, 5:33 PM MDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Crowley County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 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 nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 375 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: 25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 618 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

153 
WFUS55 KPUB 242318
TORPUB
COC025-101-242345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0005.230524T2318Z-230524T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
518 PM MDT Wed May 24 2023

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Crowley County in southeastern Colorado...
  Northeastern Pueblo County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 545 PM MDT.
    
* At 518 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 13 miles northeast of Pueblo Depot, or 28 miles
  northeast of Pueblo, moving northeast at 10 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northwestern Crowley and northeastern Pueblo Counties.

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 3841 10412 3843 10415 3850 10410 3846 10401
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 230DEG 9KT 3843 10413 

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

$$

Simcoe

1 follow-up statement

834 
WWUS55 KPUB 242333
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
533 PM MDT Wed May 24 2023

COC025-101-242342-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-230524T2345Z/
Crowley CO-Pueblo CO-
533 PM MDT Wed May 24 2023

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CROWLEY AND NORTHEASTERN
PUEBLO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The tornado threat has moved out of the area and the Tornado Warning 
has been cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain 
likely and a Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the 
area.

LAT...LON 3841 10412 3843 10415 3850 10410 3846 10401
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 230DEG 9KT 3845 10409 

$$

Simcoe

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 6:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	23 min
May 23, 6:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Costilla	25 min
May 23, 6:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	33 min
May 23, 7:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	28 min
May 23, 7:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	26 min
May 23, 8:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	26 min
May 23, 8:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	31 min
May 23, 8:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	19 min
May 23, 9:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	17 min
May 23, 9:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	18 min
May 23, 9:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	32 min
May 23, 10:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	16 min
May 23, 10:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	25 min
May 24, 12:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	27 min
May 24, 12:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	29 min
May 24, 12:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	37 min
May 24, 1:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	34 min
May 24, 1:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	24 min
May 24, 1:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	33 min
May 24, 2:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	49 min
May 24, 2:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	30 min
May 24, 2:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Pueblo	36 min
May 24, 2:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	32 min
May 24, 2:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Pueblo	27 min
May 24, 2:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		37 min
May 24, 2:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	33 min
May 24, 3:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	35 min
May 24, 3:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	27 min
May 24, 3:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	PUB	Pueblo	49 min
May 24, 3:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	29 min
May 24, 3:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Las Animas, Otero	38 min
May 24, 4:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	28 min
May 24, 4:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	36 min
May 24, 4:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	34 min
May 24, 4:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	23 min
May 24, 4:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent	31 min
May 24, 4:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	29 min
May 24, 4:42 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Pueblo	3 hr
May 24, 4:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	61 min
May 24, 4:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	24 min
May 24, 4:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	36 min
May 24, 5:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	20 min
May 24, 5:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	34 min
May 24, 5:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	46 min
May 24, 5:16 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Crowley, Pueblo	29 min
May 24, 5:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo	42 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.