Tornado Warning 28, NWS Pueblo, CO

Issued

Aug 9, 2004, 7:00 PM MDT (01:00 UTC)

Expired

Aug 9, 2004, 8:00 PM MDT

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Pueblo, CO

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County El Paso County, CO

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WFUS55 KPUB 100100
TORPUB
COC041-100200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
700 PM MDT MON AUG 9 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

* UNTIL 800 PM MDT

* AT 658 PM MDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED OVER PEYTON...OR ABOUT 21
  MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 5
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  CALHAN BY 755 PM MDT

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1100 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3915 10452 3898 10460 3889 10397 3914 10404

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.