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Tornado Warning 92, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 8, 2023, 10:40 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 17 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, 10:40 PM MDT (04:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2023, 10:57 PM MDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:39 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 232 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.
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WFUS55 KPUB 090440
TORPUB
COC061-090515-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0092.230809T0440Z-230809T0515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1040 PM MDT Tue Aug 8 2023
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 1115 PM MDT.
* At 1040 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Brandon, or 21 miles south of Cheyenne
Wells, moving southeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong 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...
Sheridan Lake.
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 3850 10248 3855 10243 3850 10224 3839 10233
TIME...MOT...LOC 0440Z 300DEG 8KT 3851 10243
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
$$
PS1 follow-up statement
623
WWUS55 KPUB 090457
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1057 PM MDT Tue Aug 8 2023
COC061-090507-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0092.000000T0000Z-230809T0515Z/
Kiowa CO-
1057 PM MDT Tue Aug 8 2023
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
LAT...LON 3850 10248 3855 10243 3850 10224 3839 10233
TIME...MOT...LOC 0455Z 300DEG 8KT 3849 10239
$$
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, 7:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 39 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 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.