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Tornado Warning 84, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 5, 2023El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 2023, 3:49 PM MDT for El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 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, 3:49 PM MDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2023, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.0 in

Counties El Paso County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 5, 1:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 364 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2023-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2023-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -47 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

397 
WFUS55 KPUB 052149
TORPUB
COC041-101-052215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0084.230805T2149Z-230805T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
349 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...
  Northeastern Pueblo County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 415 PM MDT.
    
* At 348 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Hanover, or 18 miles north of Pueblo Airport,
  moving southeast at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter. Funnel 
           clouds and tornadoes have been observed from this storm.

  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.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Pueblo Depot around 400 PM MDT.

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 3854 10456 3863 10440 3829 10407 3828 10438
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 313DEG 49KT 3855 10444 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN

$$

Hodanish

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 6:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo29 min
Aug 4, 6:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo23 min
Aug 4, 8:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero33 min
Aug 4, 8:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero37 min
Aug 4, 9:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent34 min
Aug 5, 1:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso46 min
Aug 5, 1:43 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBEl Paso47 min
Aug 5, 1:49 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBEl Paso26 min
Aug 5, 1:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller52 min
Aug 5, 2:04 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller26 min
Aug 5, 2:09 PM MDTRed Flag WarningPUBAlamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache30 hr
Aug 5, 2:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso42 min
Aug 5, 2:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso48 min
Aug 5, 2:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller30 min
Aug 5, 2:36 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso24 min
Aug 5, 2:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller31 min
Aug 5, 2:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBEl Paso31 min
Aug 5, 3:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso27 min
Aug 5, 3:08 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso37 min
Aug 5, 3:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo46 min
Aug 5, 3:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBEl Paso46 min
Aug 5, 3:14 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso31 min
Aug 5, 3:27 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo48 min
Aug 5, 3:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo46 min
Aug 5, 3:59 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo31 min
Aug 5, 4:09 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo36 min
Aug 5, 4:36 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBCrowley, Otero, Pueblo24 min
Aug 5, 4:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley45 min
Aug 5, 4:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Kiowa, Otero39 min
Aug 5, 4:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBCrowley, Otero50 min
Aug 5, 4:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero46 min
Aug 5, 5:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBBent, Crowley, Otero34 min
Aug 5, 5:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas39 min
Aug 5, 5:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero18 min
Aug 5, 5:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBBaca, Las Animas48 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.