Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2004

Tornado Warning 15, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 20, 2004El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2004, 2:33 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 57 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 20, 2004, 2:33 PM MDT (20:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2004, 3:30 PM MDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 20, 1:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 145 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2004-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 399 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2004-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
399 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-219 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
795 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS55 KPUB 202033
TORPUB
COC041-202130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
231 PM MDT SUN JUN 20 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS

* UNTIL 330 PM MDT

* AT 226 PM MDT...A RAPIDLY ROTATING THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF YODER TO ELLICOTT TO EAST CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS...
  OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 34 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS TO
  20 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS TO COLORADO SPRINGS...AND WAS
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  EASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS THROUGH 300 PM...
  YODER...SCHRIEVER AFB...RUSH AND OPEN COUNTRY OF EASTERN 
  EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM MDT.

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ALONG WITH VERY 
LARGE HAIL.  THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A HOUSE IS IN A 
BASEMENT...UNDER STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO 
TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL INTERIOR 
ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO 
COVER AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. ALWAYS STAY AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...GO TO A
NEARBY STURDY STRUCTURE AND GET IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF THERE IS NO STURDY
STRUCTURE AVAILABLE...AS A LAST RESORT...GO TO A CULVERT...DITCH...OR
OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3903 10419 3900 10486 3877 10465 3878 10403

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 9:34 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBCrowley56 min
Jun 19, 9:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa54 min
Jun 20, 12:29 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa61 min
Jun 20, 12:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso65 min
Jun 20, 1:37 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso53 min
Jun 20, 2:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca85 min
Jun 20, 3:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo87 min
Jun 20, 3:44 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo61 min
Jun 20, 3:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca89 min
Jun 20, 4:20 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBCrowley, Pueblo55 min
Jun 20, 4:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano57 min
Jun 20, 4:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo64 min
Jun 20, 5:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Otero83 min
Jun 20, 5:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley29 min
Jun 20, 5:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley23 min
Jun 20, 5:54 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent66 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 2004Every tornado warning in 2004Tornadoes in 2004

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.