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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 27, 2023Bent County, Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2023, 5:29 PM MDT for Bent County, Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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 27, 2023, 5:29 PM MDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2023, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 270 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: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

325 
WFUS55 KPUB 272329
TORPUB
COC011-061-280000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0007.230527T2329Z-230528T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
529 PM MDT Sat May 27 2023

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  South central Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...
  North central Bent County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 600 PM MDT.
    
* At 528 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 10 miles northwest of McClave, or 21 miles northwest of
  Lamar, moving north at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and golf 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
  south central Kiowa and north central Bent 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 3821 10292 3823 10300 3838 10296 3830 10276
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 196DEG 7KT 3825 10295 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN

$$

KTS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 6:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	24 min
May 26, 6:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		26 min
May 26, 6:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	36 min
May 26, 7:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	42 min
May 26, 7:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	24 min
May 26, 8:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	43 min
May 27, 12:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	34 min
May 27, 1:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	31 min
May 27, 1:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	29 min
May 27, 1:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley	36 min
May 27, 1:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	24 min
May 27, 2:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	31 min
May 27, 2:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	38 min
May 27, 2:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	32 min
May 27, 2:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	17 min
May 27, 2:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	32 min
May 27, 3:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	36 min
May 27, 3:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	13 min
May 27, 3:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	26 min
May 27, 3:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	31 min
May 27, 4:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	32 min
May 27, 4:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	33 min
May 27, 4:48 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent	27 min
May 27, 5:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	32 min
May 27, 5:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	32 min
May 27, 5:59 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	31 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.