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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 2023, 4:48 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 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 13, 2023, 4:48 PM MDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2023, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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 13, 12:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:02 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 266 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
- 2543 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -187 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
695
WFUS55 KPUB 132248
TORPUB
COC071-132315-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0063.230713T2248Z-230713T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
448 PM MDT Thu Jul 13 2023
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 515 PM MDT.
* At 448 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Kim, or 39 miles west of Springfield, moving
southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and tennis 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 Las Animas 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 3729 10337 3733 10328 3720 10311 3711 10333
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 329DEG 12KT 3727 10331
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.50 IN
$$
MG1 follow-up statement
336
WWUS55 KPUB 132305
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
505 PM MDT Thu Jul 13 2023
COC071-132315-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-230713T2315Z/
Las Animas CO-
505 PM MDT Thu Jul 13 2023
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR EASTERN
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...
At 504 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Kim, or 38 miles west of Springfield, moving
southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and tennis ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
eastern Las Animas County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3722 10332 3727 10323 3720 10311 3712 10330
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 329DEG 12KT 3722 10327
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.50 IN
$$
MGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 1:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 27 min | |
| Jul 13, 3:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa | 67 min |
| Jul 13, 3:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 63 min |
| Jul 13, 3:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 55 min |
| Jul 13, 3:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Otero | 61 min |
| Jul 13, 4:04 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 5 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 4:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 25 min |
| Jul 13, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 4:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 29 min |
| Jul 13, 4:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 4:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 5:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 64 min |
| Jul 13, 5:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 5:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 23 min |
| Jul 13, 5:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 5:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 27 min |
| Jul 13, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 17 min |
| Jul 13, 5:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 5:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero, Pueblo | 48 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.