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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 10, 2004El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 10, 2004, 7:57 PM MDT for El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 93 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 10, 2004, 7:57 PM MDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2004, 9:30 PM MDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties El Paso County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 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 10, 1:15 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 2004-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 694 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 2004-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
694 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2242 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS55 KPUB 110157
TORPUB
COC041-101-110330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
756 PM MDT TUE AUG 10 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM MDT

* AT 752 PM MDT...A RAPIDLY ROTATING THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS 22 MILES NORTH OF PUEBLO DEPOT...OR ABOUT
  26 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 30
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  PUEBLO DEPOT BY 830 PM MDT
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO BY 835 PM MDT
  9 MILES WEST OF BOONE BY 840 PM MDT
  AVONDALE BY 845 PM MDT

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT 
WAS IN EFFECT FOR PUEBLO COUNTY.

ANOTHER SEVERE STORM WAS IN PUEBLO WEST AND NORTHERN PUEBLO.

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 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3870 10434 3869 10457 3815 10456 3815 10423

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 6:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso95 min
Aug 10, 7:13 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso62 min
Aug 10, 7:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Prowers62 min
Aug 10, 7:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo84 min
Aug 10, 8:08 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo3 hr
Aug 10, 8:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa78 min
Aug 10, 8:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero93 min
Aug 10, 8:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont58 min
Aug 10, 9:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers87 min
Aug 10, 9:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa60 min
Aug 10, 9:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Pueblo66 min
Aug 10, 10:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca83 min
Aug 10, 10:26 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca, Prowers34 min
Aug 11, 3:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBTeller48 min
Aug 11, 3:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas92 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.