Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2023
Tornado Warning 91, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 8, 2023, 7:21 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 39 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 8, 2023, 7:21 PM MDT (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2023, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.75 in
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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 nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 279 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
- 1845 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1185 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted.
443
WFUS55 KPUB 090121
TORPUB
COC061-090200-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0091.230809T0121Z-230809T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
721 PM MDT Tue Aug 8 2023
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 800 PM MDT.
* At 721 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 16 miles south of Boyero, or 42 miles south of Flagler,
moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and baseball 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...
Eads.
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 10299 3857 10318 3861 10317 3862 10279
3856 10264
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 329DEG 28KT 3869 10321
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.75 IN
$$
PS3 follow-up statements
605
WWUS55 KPUB 090141
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
741 PM MDT Tue Aug 8 2023
COC061-090200-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0091.000000T0000Z-230809T0200Z/
Kiowa CO-
741 PM MDT Tue Aug 8 2023
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY...
At 741 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles northeast of Haswell, or 42 miles northwest of
Lamar, moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Eads.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3835 10289 3861 10314 3862 10279 3856 10264
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 329DEG 28KT 3856 10311
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
$$
PS342
WWUS55 KPUB 090148
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
748 PM MDT Tue Aug 8 2023
COC061-090200-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0091.000000T0000Z-230809T0200Z/
Kiowa CO-
748 PM MDT Tue Aug 8 2023
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY...
At 748 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Haswell, or 38 miles northwest of Lamar, moving
southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball 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.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Kiowa County.
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 3855 10298 3861 10314 3862 10279 3857 10283
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 329DEG 28KT 3851 10307
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
$$
PS933
WWUS55 KPUB 090156
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
756 PM MDT Tue Aug 8 2023
COC061-090206-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0091.000000T0000Z-230809T0200Z/
Kiowa CO-
756 PM MDT Tue Aug 8 2023
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
800 PM MDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire. However small hail and gusty winds are still
possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3855 10298 3861 10314 3862 10279 3857 10283
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 329DEG 28KT 3847 10304
$$
PSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 6:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 6:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 40 min |
| Aug 8, 8:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 67 min |
| Aug 8, 9:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 9:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 26 min |
| Aug 8, 9:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 68 min |
| Aug 8, 10:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 10:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 17 min |
| Aug 9, 9:18 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 9:35 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 9:49 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 10:14 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 10:28 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 10:36 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 11:00 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 11:01 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 29 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.