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Tornado Warning 77, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 5, 2023El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 2023, 1:43 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 47 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: Aug 5, 2023, 1:43 PM MDT (19:43 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2023, 2:30 PM MDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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
Aug 5, 1:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 365 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: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -331 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

040 
WFUS55 KPUB 051943
TORPUB
COC041-052030-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0077.230805T1943Z-230805T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
143 PM MDT Sat Aug 5 2023

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern El Paso County in east central Colorado...

* Until 230 PM MDT.

* At 143 PM MDT, a confirmed tornado was located over Calhan, or 32
  miles northeast of Colorado Springs, moving east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

  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.

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northeastern El Paso County.

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 3899 10441 3911 10436 3908 10407 3892 10413
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 284DEG 46KT 3903 10427 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 4, 6:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	29 min
Aug 4, 6:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	23 min
Aug 4, 8:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	33 min
Aug 4, 8:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	37 min
Aug 4, 9:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	34 min
Aug 5, 1:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	46 min
Aug 5, 1:49 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PUB	El Paso	26 min
Aug 5, 1:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Teller	52 min
Aug 5, 2:04 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso, Teller	26 min
Aug 5, 2:09 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache	30 hr
Aug 5, 2:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	42 min
Aug 5, 2:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	48 min
Aug 5, 2:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Teller	30 min
Aug 5, 2:36 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso	24 min
Aug 5, 2:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	31 min
Aug 5, 2:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso	31 min
Aug 5, 3:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	27 min
Aug 5, 3:08 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso	37 min
Aug 5, 3:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	46 min
Aug 5, 3:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso	46 min
Aug 5, 3:14 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso	31 min
Aug 5, 3:27 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	48 min
Aug 5, 3:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	46 min
Aug 5, 3:49 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	26 min
Aug 5, 3:59 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo	31 min
Aug 5, 4:09 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PUB	Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo	36 min
Aug 5, 4:36 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero, Pueblo	24 min
Aug 5, 4:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	45 min
Aug 5, 4:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	39 min
Aug 5, 4:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Crowley, Otero	50 min
Aug 5, 4:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	46 min
Aug 5, 5:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Otero	34 min
Aug 5, 5:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	39 min
Aug 5, 5:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	18 min
Aug 5, 5:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	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.