Tornado Warning 12, NWS Pueblo, CO

Issued

Jun 26, 2007, 5:32 PM MDT (23:32 UTC)

Expired

Jun 26, 2007, 5:58 PM MDT

In force

26 min

Issued by

NWS Pueblo, CO

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS55 KPUB 262332
TORPUB
COC071-089-270030-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0012.070626T2332Z-070627T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
532 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  SOUTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT...

* AT 523 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE STORM WHICH WAS RAPIDLY ROTATING AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF DELHI...OR
  29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT
  5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  THATCHER.

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 IN A VEHICLE IN A RURAL AREA...AND THE TORNADO IS AT A
DISTANCE...YOU MAY BE ABLE TO DRIVE OUT OF ITS PATH. IF YOU CANNOT
DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...GET OUT OF YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A CULVERT...DITCH...OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND
COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3793 10388 3793 10404 3771 10404 3769 10424
      3749 10415 3757 10379

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 262343
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
543 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2007

COC071-089-270030-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070627T0030Z/
OTERO CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-
543 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTIES...

AT 540 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 8 MILES NORTH OF
DELHI...OR 29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DELHI.
  THATCHER.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3793 10388 3793 10404 3771 10404 3769 10424
      3749 10415 3759 10375

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 262358
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
556 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2007

COC071-089-270006-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070627T0030Z/
OTERO CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-
556 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTH CENTRAL LAS 
ANIMAS AND SOUTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTIES.

SEVERE WEATHER IS STILL OCCURRING IN SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY. WIND 
GUSTS TO 70 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS WILL STILL BE 
POSSIBLE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 
PM FOR BENT AND OTERO COUNTIES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT 
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3793 10388 3793 10404 3771 10404 3769 10424
      3749 10415 3759 10375

$$

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