Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2023
Tornado Warning 70, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 20, 2023, 1:58 PM MDT for El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 12 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 2023, 1:58 PM MDT (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2023, 2:10 PM MDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties El Paso County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2:04 PM MDT | TORNADO 1 | 1 Ssw Green Mountain Fa, CO | EF 1. Maximum estimated wind speed 108 mph. |
| Jul 20, 2:04 PM MDT | TORNADO | 1 Ssw Green Mountain Fa, CO | Maximum estimated wind speed 108 mph. |
| Jul 20, 2:19 PM MDT | HAIL 1.5 | 1 Nnw Manitou Springs, CO | |
| Jul 20, 2:19 PM MDT | HAIL 1.5 | 1 Nnw Manitou Springs, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 20, 1:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 303 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -442 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2038 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
893
WFUS55 KPUB 201958
TORPUB
COC041-119-202030-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0070.230720T1958Z-230720T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
158 PM MDT Thu Jul 20 2023
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Teller County in central Colorado...
West central El Paso County in east central Colorado...
* Until 230 PM MDT.
* At 158 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Green Mountain Falls, or 13 miles west of Colorado
Springs, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Western Colorado Springs, Manitou Springs, Pikes Peak and Cascade.
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 3892 10502 3881 10480 3874 10501 3890 10511
3893 10507 3893 10505
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 312DEG 22KT 3890 10506
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
Simcoe1 follow-up statement
105
WWUS55 KPUB 202010
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
210 PM MDT Thu Jul 20 2023
COC041-119-202019-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-230720T2030Z/
Teller CO-El Paso CO-
210 PM MDT Thu Jul 20 2023
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL TELLER AND WEST CENTRAL EL
PASO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area. However
small hail and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for
central and east central Colorado.
LAT...LON 3892 10502 3881 10480 3874 10501 3890 10511
3893 10507 3893 10505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 312DEG 22KT 3885 10499
$$
SimcoeThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 6:05 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 6:14 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 6:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 6:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 6:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 6:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 6:40 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 6:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 7:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 7:24 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 8:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 9:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 9:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 9:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 2:45 AM MDT | Flood Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more | 23 hr |
| Jul 20, 1:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 1:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 23 min |
| Jul 20, 1:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 33 min |
| Jul 20, 1:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 33 min |
| Jul 20, 1:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 2:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 2:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 2:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 25 min |
| Jul 20, 2:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 2:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 2:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 2:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 33 min |
| Jul 20, 2:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 3:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 3:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 52 min |
| Jul 20, 3:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 3:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 23 min |
| Jul 20, 3:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 24 min |
| Jul 20, 3:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 34 min |
| Jul 20, 3:32 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 3:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 3:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 25 min |
| Jul 20, 4:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 4:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 4:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 23 min |
| Jul 20, 4:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Otero, Pueblo | 19 min |
| Jul 20, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 8 min |
| Jul 20, 4:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont, Pueblo | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 4:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 4:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 29 min |
| Jul 20, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa | 47 min |
| Jul 20, 4:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 25 min |
| Jul 20, 4:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 22 min |
| Jul 20, 4:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont, Pueblo | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 5:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 49 min |
| Jul 20, 5:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 5:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 5:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 5:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Pueblo | 25 min |
| Jul 20, 5:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 51 min |
| Jul 20, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 5:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.