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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 26, 2007Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2007, 6:59 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 21 min. 1 report 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
Jun 26, 2007, 6:59 PM MDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2007, 7:20 PM MDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 26, 7:00 PM MDTHAIL 0.751 Nw Lamar, CO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 26, 2:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 2007-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2007-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -32 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2188 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS55 KPUB 270102
TORPUB
COC099-270130-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0014.070627T0059Z-070627T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAMAR...

* UNTIL 730 PM MDT...

* AT 651 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 OVER LAMAR WITH THE
  TORNADO SIGNATURE 3 MILES SOUTH OF LAMAR. MOVING TOWARD THE
  SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH. THIS IS A LARGE AND DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM.

* THE TORNADO WILL IMPACT AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF LAMAR IN WESTERN
  PROWERS COUNTY.

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.

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

LAT...LON 3799 10247 3822 10255 3822 10270 3782 10269

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS55 KPUB 270120
SVSPUB

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

COC099-270129-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070627T0130Z/
PROWERS CO-
719 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WEST CENTRAL PROWERS
COUNTY...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY 
STILL BE IN THE AREA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
WEATERN PROWERS COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM MDT.

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

LAT...LON 3799 10247 3822 10255 3822 10270 3782 10269

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 6:12 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBOtero35 min
Jun 26, 6:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Bent60 min
Jun 26, 6:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley39 min
Jun 26, 6:44 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Otero, Pueblo3 hr
Jun 26, 6:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers59 min
Jun 26, 6:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas67 min
Jun 26, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley40 min
Jun 26, 7:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent64 min
Jun 26, 7:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa65 min
Jun 26, 8:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers57 min
Jun 26, 8:02 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBBent, Prowers3 hr
Jun 27, 3:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBTeller23 min
Jun 27, 3:26 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBTeller34 min
Jun 27, 3:52 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBTeller33 min
Jun 27, 4:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso56 min
Jun 27, 4:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBChaffee, Fremont94 min
Jun 27, 4:38 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso37 min
Jun 27, 5:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso64 min
Jun 27, 5:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas59 min
Jun 27, 5:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas49 min
Jun 27, 5:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont56 min
Jun 27, 5:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Pueblo84 min
Jun 27, 5:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont28 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.