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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 9, 2004Crowley County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 2004, 8:27 PM MDT for Crowley County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 63 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 9, 2004, 8:27 PM MDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2004, 9:30 PM MDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Crowley County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Aug 9, 6:45 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 00:00Z on 2004-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2151 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 00:00Z on 2004-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1371 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
10.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS55 KPUB 100227
TORPUB
COC025-101-100330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
  PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 930 PM MDT

* AT 822 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 32 MILES NORTH  
  OF OLNEY SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO...AND WAS 
  MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  OLNEY SPRINGS BY 930 PM MDT

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT 
WAS IN EFFECT FOR PUEBLO AND CROWLEY COUNTIES.

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 1100 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3850 10396 3850 10425 3814 10418 3811 10385

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 6:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero, Pueblo84 min
Aug 9, 6:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont65 min
Aug 9, 6:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster56 min
Aug 9, 6:52 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBPueblo113 min
Aug 9, 7:00 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso60 min
Aug 9, 7:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley87 min
Aug 9, 7:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo89 min
Aug 9, 7:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano65 min
Aug 9, 7:59 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso61 min
Aug 9, 8:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa92 min
Aug 9, 9:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso64 min
Aug 9, 9:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas65 min
Aug 9, 10:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo64 min
Aug 9, 10:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca67 min
Aug 10, 12:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso64 min
Aug 10, 3:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas60 min
Aug 10, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas91 min
Aug 10, 5:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa83 min

Nearby

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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.