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Tornado Warning 73, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 20, 2023Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 20, 2023, 8:38 PM MDT for Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 15 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, 8:38 PM MDT (02:38 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2023, 8:53 PM MDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:38 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 262 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: 2250 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1957 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.7

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The text

As transmitted.

534 
WFUS55 KPUB 210238
TORPUB
COC009-071-210315-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0073.230721T0238Z-230721T0315Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  West central Baca County in southeastern Colorado...
  East central Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 915 PM MDT.
    
* At 838 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 13 miles west of Pritchett, or 26 miles west of
  Springfield, moving southeast at 35 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...
  Pritchett.

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 3737 10316 3741 10311 3735 10274 3716 10294
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 295DEG 29KT 3736 10310 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

Simcoe

1 follow-up statement

282 
WWUS55 KPUB 210253
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
853 PM MDT Thu Jul 20 2023

COC009-071-210302-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-230721T0315Z/
Baca CO-Las Animas CO-
853 PM MDT Thu Jul 20 2023

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BACA AND EAST CENTRAL LAS
ANIMAS 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.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.

LAT...LON 3737 10316 3741 10311 3735 10274 3716 10294
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 295DEG 29KT 3731 10296 

$$

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, 8:30 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PUB	Baca	30 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

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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.