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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 3, 2005Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 2005, 5:22 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 53 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: Jul 3, 2005, 5:22 PM MDT (23:22 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2005, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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
Jul 3, 1:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 203 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 815 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -321 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1468 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 240 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS55 KPUB 032322
TORPUB
COC099-040015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0008.050703T2322Z-050704T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
522 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

* UNTIL 615 PM MDT.

* AT 520 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH WAS RAPIDLY ROTATING AND CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS CENTERED NEAR
  GRANADA...OR 20 MILES EAST OF LAMAR...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN
  PROWERS COUNTY.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY LARGE HAIL ARE
LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA.

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.

LAT...LON 3813 10227 3800 10244 3765 10214 3768 10205
      3798 10204

$$

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 032336
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
534 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2005

COC099-040015-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050704T0015Z/
PROWERS CO-
534 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN PROWERS COUNTY UNTIL 615
PM MDT...

AT 529 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION.  THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRANADA...OR ABOUT 24
MILES EAST OF LAMAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN
PROWERS COUNTY.

A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR BRISTOL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE 
HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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

LAT...LON 3813 10227 3800 10244 3765 10214 3768 10205
      3798 10204

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 032351
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
550 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2005

COC099-040015-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050704T0015Z/
PROWERS CO-
550 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN PROWERS COUNTY UNTIL 615
PM MDT...

AT 546 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION.  THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRANADA...OR ABOUT 20
MILES WEST OF SYRACUSE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN
PROWERS COUNTY.

NO RECENT FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...BUT THIS STORM 
IS STILL ROTATING RAPIDLY AND COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO.

IN ADDITION THIS STORM IS PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING 
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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

LAT...LON 3813 10227 3800 10244 3765 10214 3768 10205
      3798 10204

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 040014
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
614 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2005

COC099-040024-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050704T0015Z/
PROWERS CO-
614 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN PROWERS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

AT 609 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS
MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO
LIFE OR PROPERTY.

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

LAT...LON 3813 10227 3800 10244 3765 10214 3768 10205
      3798 10204

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 3:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	79 min
Jul 3, 4:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	66 min
Jul 3, 5:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	34 min

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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.