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Tornado Warning 65, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 13, 2023Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 2023, 5:12 PM MDT for Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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, 5:12 PM MDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2023, 5:45 PM MDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.0 in

Counties Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 250 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

145 
WFUS55 KPUB 132312
TORPUB
COC009-071-132345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0065.230713T2312Z-230713T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
512 PM MDT Thu Jul 13 2023

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Baca County in southeastern Colorado...
  Southeastern Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 545 PM MDT.
    
* At 512 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 10 miles southeast of Kim, or 34 miles southwest of
  Springfield, moving southeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two 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.

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southwestern Baca and southeastern Las Animas 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 3721 10332 3731 10318 3700 10282 3700 10320
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 327DEG 22KT 3718 10318 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN

$$

MG

The 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 Destructive damage threat	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa	67 min
Jul 13, 3:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	63 min
Jul 13, 3:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Kiowa	55 min
Jul 13, 3:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	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 Destructive damage threat	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	58 min
Jul 13, 4:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	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 Considerable damage threat	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	Las Animas	27 min
Jul 13, 4:48 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	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 Destructive damage threat	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	60 min
Jul 13, 5:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	PUB	Baca, Bent, Prowers	64 min
Jul 13, 5:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Pueblo	23 min
Jul 13, 5:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas	52 min
Jul 13, 5:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	PUB	Pueblo	27 min
Jul 13, 5:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	17 min
Jul 13, 5:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Prowers	58 min
Jul 13, 5:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	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.