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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 2, 2024Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2024, 4:35 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 15 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
Jun 2, 2024, 4:35 PM MDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2024, 4:50 PM MDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.75 in

County Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 2, 2:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 191 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2024-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2024-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
671 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

079 
WFUS55 KPUB 022235
TORPUB
COC099-022300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0004.240602T2235Z-240602T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
435 PM MDT Sun Jun 2 2024

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Prowers County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 500 PM MDT.

* At 435 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 14 miles south of Coolidge, moving northeast at 15 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
  east central Prowers 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 3784 10212 3795 10205 3790 10204 3779 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 217DEG 12KT 3784 10207 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN

$$

Rodriguez
1 follow-up statement
566 
WWUS55 KPUB 022250
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
450 PM MDT Sun Jun 2 2024

COC099-022259-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-240602T2300Z/
Prowers CO-
450 PM MDT Sun Jun 2 2024

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.  However, small hail and gusty winds are still
possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
southeast Prowers County until 5 PM MDT.

&&

LAT...LON 3784 10212 3795 10205 3790 10204 3779 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 217DEG 12KT 3788 10203 

$$

Rodriguez

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 6:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent25 min
Jun 1, 6:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca27 min
Jun 2, 1:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB28 min
Jun 2, 2:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent33 min
Jun 2, 2:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca28 min
Jun 2, 2:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent37 min
Jun 2, 2:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas35 min
Jun 2, 3:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent44 min
Jun 2, 3:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Prowers39 min
Jun 2, 4:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBBaca, Prowers38 min
Jun 2, 4:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca48 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.