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Tornado Warning 87, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 2023, 4:36 PM MDT for Crowley County, Otero County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 min. 2 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, 4:36 PM MDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2023, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
Counties Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 4:59 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | Fowler, CO | |
| Aug 5, 5:05 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | Olney Springs, CO |
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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 370 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
707
WFUS55 KPUB 052236
TORPUB
COC025-089-101-052300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0087.230805T2236Z-230805T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
436 PM MDT Sat Aug 5 2023
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Otero County in southeastern Colorado...
Southwestern Crowley County in southeastern Colorado...
East central Pueblo County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 500 PM MDT.
* At 435 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Boone, or 19 miles east of Pueblo Airport, moving
southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and tennis ball size hail. This storm has a long
history of producing tornadoes and funnel clouds.
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...
Fowler around 455 PM MDT.
Other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include
Manzanola and Olney Springs.
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 3827 10426 3836 10412 3815 10377 3793 10400
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 316DEG 26KT 3825 10414
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.50 IN
$$
HodanishThe 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, 3:14 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 | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 36 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.