Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2007, 8:00 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 28, 2007, 8:00 PM MDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2007, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 8:11 PM MDT | TORNADO | Holly, CO | LAW ENFORCEMENT RELAYED PUBLIC REPORTS OF A LARGE TORNADO IN HOLLY. |
| Mar 28, 8:22 PM MDT | TORNADO | 13 Se Sheridan Lake, CO | SPOTTER RELAYED PUBLIC REPORT OF TORNADO 13-14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHERIDAN LAKE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 201 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3911 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KPUB 290201 TORPUB COC061-099-290300- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0001.070329T0200Z-070329T0300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 800 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 900 PM MDT... * AT 757 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 1 MILE SOUTH OF HOLLY. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF HARTMAN...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF COOLIDGE...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...AROUND HOLLY. 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 3843 10225 3802 10229 3799 10206 3843 10206 $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KPUB 290213 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 811 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 COC061-099-290300- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070329T0300Z/ PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO- 811 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTIES... AT 807 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS CENTERED 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF HARTMAN...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF COOLIDGE...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME EAST CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY. AT 811 PM MDT...OFFICIALS REPORTED A LARGE TORNADO NEAR THE CEMETARY IN HOLLY. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A HOUSE IS IN A BASEMENT...UNDER STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3843 10225 3802 10229 3799 10206 3843 10206 $$
000 WWUS55 KPUB 290224 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 817 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 COC061-099-290300- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070329T0300Z/ PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO- 817 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTIES... AT 817 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM AND TORNADO WAS CENTERED 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHERIDAN LAKE...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF HOLLY...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME EAST CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY. BASED ON THE RECENT TRACK OF THE STORM...THE TORNADO COULD MOVE THROUGH TOWNER AROUND 830 PM MDT...IF THE STORM HOLDS TOGETHER. AT 811 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC SAW A LARGE TORNADO IN HOLLY. 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. LAT...LON 3843 10225 3802 10229 3799 10206 3843 10206 $$
000 WWUS55 KPUB 290238 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 834 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 COC099-290244- /O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070329T0300Z/ PROWERS CO- 834 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PROWERS COUNTY... THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...AND HAIL TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER MAY STILL BE IN THE AREA. LAT...LON 3861 10226 3827 10227 3827 10206 3861 10205 $$ COC061-290300- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070329T0300Z/ KIOWA CO- 834 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY... AT 832 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS CENTERED NEAR TOWNER...OR 18 MILES WEST OF TRIBUNE...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TOWNER. THE OPEN COUNTRY NORTH OF TOWNER IN NORTHEAST KIOWA COUNTY. AT 811 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC SAW A LARGE TORNADO IN HOLLY. 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. LAT...LON 3861 10226 3827 10227 3827 10206 3861 10205 $$
000 WWUS55 KPUB 290303 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 900 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 COC061-290315- /O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070329T0300Z/ KIOWA CO- 900 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY EXPIRED AT 900 PM MDT... THE TORNADIC STORM OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST KIOWA COUNTY HAS MOVED NORTH...OUT OF THE COUNTY. HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...HAIL TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL IN THE AREA. LAT...LON 3861 10226 3853 10226 3852 10206 3861 10205 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 6:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 53 min |
| Mar 28, 6:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 8:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 28 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.