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Tornado Warning 57, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2023, 6:09 PM MDT for Crowley County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 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
- Jul 8, 2023, 6:09 PM MDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2023, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 3.0 in
Counties Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 8, 4:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 355 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
- 68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -297 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1215 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
212
WFUS55 KPUB 090009
TORPUB
COC025-089-090045-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0057.230709T0009Z-230709T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
609 PM MDT Sat Jul 8 2023
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Otero County in southeastern Colorado...
Central Crowley County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 645 PM MDT.
* At 609 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 14 miles northwest of Crowley, or 35 miles east of
Pueblo, moving southeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to three inches in diameter.
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.
* Locations impacted include...
Ordway and Crowley.
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 3839 10403 3844 10395 3830 10359 3811 10385
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 311DEG 34KT 3839 10397
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...3.00 IN
$$
PSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 6:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 6:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 6:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 6:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 6:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 6:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 38 min |
| Jul 8, 7:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Pueblo | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 7:07 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 7:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 7:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 7:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 7:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 42 min |
| Jul 8, 7:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 7:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Pueblo | 43 min |
| Jul 8, 7:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 8:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 37 min |
| Jul 8, 8:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 22 min |
| Jul 8, 8:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 44 min |
| Jul 8, 8:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 27 min |
| Jul 8, 8:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 22 min |
| Jul 8, 8:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 22 min |
| Jul 8, 8:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 8:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 37 min |
| Jul 8, 8:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas | 25 min |
| Jul 8, 8:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 33 min |
| Jul 8, 8:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 23 min |
| Jul 8, 8:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 9:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 9:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 41 min |
| Jul 8, 9:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 40 min |
| Jul 8, 9:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 9:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 9:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 9:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 10:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 36 min |
| Jul 9, 5:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 47 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.