Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2023

Tornado Warning 72, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 20, 2023Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 20, 2023, 8:30 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 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 20, 2023, 8:30 PM MDT (02:30 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2023, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.0 in

County Baca County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 196 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 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 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 222 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: 1470 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1272 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

599 
WFUS55 KPUB 210230
TORPUB
COC009-210300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0072.230721T0230Z-230721T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
830 PM MDT Thu Jul 20 2023

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Baca County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 900 PM MDT.

* At 830 PM MDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Vilas, or 9
  miles east of Springfield, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Damaging tornado and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.

  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...
  Walsh and Vilas. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3744 10255 3752 10246 3743 10208 3724 10227
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 292DEG 32KT 3745 10246 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

Simcoe

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 20, 6:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Las Animas, Otero	47 min
Jul 20, 6:25 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	22 min
Jul 20, 6:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Otero	32 min
Jul 20, 6:46 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Otero	3 hr
Jul 20, 6:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	25 min
Jul 20, 7:01 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	6 hr
Jul 20, 7:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	47 min
Jul 20, 7:18 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	3 hr
Jul 20, 7:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	24 min
Jul 20, 7:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas	39 min
Jul 20, 7:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Prowers	36 min
Jul 20, 7:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	46 min
Jul 20, 8:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	50 min
Jul 20, 8:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	42 min
Jul 20, 8:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	39 min
Jul 20, 8:26 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers	3 hr
Jul 20, 8:38 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	15 min
Jul 20, 8:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	33 min
Jul 20, 8:50 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Baca	25 min
Jul 20, 8:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	39 min
Jul 20, 8:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	50 min
Jul 20, 9:11 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Baca	34 min
Jul 20, 9:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	48 min
Jul 20, 9:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	48 min
Jul 20, 9:41 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Baca	34 min
Jul 20, 9:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent	28 min
Jul 20, 10:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	46 min
Jul 20, 11:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent, Otero	39 min
Jul 20, 11:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	44 min
Jul 21, 12:29 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		31 min
Jul 21, 12:35 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	25 min
Jul 21, 12:38 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	52 min
Jul 21, 12:46 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	18 min
Jul 21, 12:54 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	36 min
Jul 21, 1:11 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	Bent	32 hr
Jul 21, 1:11 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	64 min
Jul 21, 1:39 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	36 min
Jul 21, 4:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	25 min
Jul 21, 5:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	47 min
Jul 21, 5:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Teller	37 min
Jul 21, 5:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Custer	28 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 2023 Every tornado warning in 2023 Tornadoes in 2023

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.