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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2026, 7:14 PM MDT for Bent County, Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 46 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 26, 2026, 7:14 PM MDT (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2026, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 1475 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 892 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted.
166
WFUS55 KPUB 270114
TORPUB
COC011-061-099-270200-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0009.260627T0114Z-260627T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
714 PM MDT Fri Jun 26 2026
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Prowers County in southeastern Colorado...
South central Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...
Northeastern Bent County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 800 PM MDT.
* At 714 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles north of Hasty, or 21 miles northwest of Lamar,
moving east at 25 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.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Neegronda Reservoir around 740 PM MDT.
Queens Reservoir around 750 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 3811 10306 3829 10309 3839 10254 3816 10248
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 264DEG 23KT 3822 10298
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
$$
EP1 follow-up statement
805
WWUS55 KPUB 270139
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
739 PM MDT Fri Jun 26 2026
COC011-061-099-270200-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-260627T0200Z/
Prowers CO-Kiowa CO-Bent CO-
739 PM MDT Fri Jun 26 2026
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PROWERS...SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN BENT
COUNTIES...
At 738 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Wiley, or 11 miles northwest of Lamar, moving east
at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Wiley around 745 PM MDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3813 10288 3831 10291 3839 10254 3816 10248
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 269DEG 23KT 3820 10278
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
$$
EPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 6:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 6:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Otero | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 6:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 23 min |
| Jun 26, 6:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 7:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 38 min |
| Jun 26, 7:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 7:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 7:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 7:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 40 min |
| Jun 26, 8:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 9:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 12:45 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:45 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 8 more | 32 hr |
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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.