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Tornado Warning 82, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 2023, 3:14 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 min. 6 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
- Aug 5, 2023, 3:14 PM MDT (21:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2023, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 3:14 PM MDT | HAIL 2.75 | 4 Ssw Schriever Afb, CO | Report from mPING: Baseball (2.75 in.). |
| Aug 5, 3:26 PM MDT | HAIL 2.5 | 7 Sse Schriever Afb, CO | Report from mPING: Tennis Ball (2.50 in.). |
| Aug 5, 3:43 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 11 Sse Schriever Afb, CO | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). |
| Aug 5, 3:45 PM MDT | HAIL 4 | 13 Sse Schriever Afb, CO | Hail between 3 and 4 inches. |
| Aug 5, 3:46 PM MDT | HAIL 3 | 13 Nne Pinon, CO | Measured 3.3 inch hail with picture on social media. |
| Aug 5, 3:47 PM MDT | HAIL 2.25 | 13 Sse Schriever Afb, CO | Report from mPING: Hen Egg+ (2.25 in.). |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 1:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 351 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
729
WFUS55 KPUB 052114
TORPUB
COC041-052145-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0082.230805T2114Z-230805T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
314 PM MDT Sat Aug 5 2023
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern El Paso County in east central Colorado...
* Until 345 PM MDT.
* At 314 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Schriever Space Force Base, or 18 miles east of
Colorado Springs, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.
SOURCE...Weather spotters reported funnel cloud.
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...
Hanover.
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 3873 10462 3882 10451 3867 10423 3854 10443
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 312DEG 17KT 3876 10450
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
$$
mwThe 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, 1:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 1:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | 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 | 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 | PUB | El Paso | 46 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.