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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 27, 2007Teller County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2007, 3:26 PM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 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 27, 2007, 3:26 PM MDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2007, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Teller County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 3:35 PM MDTTORNADO3 Nw Woodland Park, CO

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 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 12:00Z on 2007-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 878 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2007-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
878 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-272 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
829 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 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 272127
TORPUB
COC119-272200-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0015.070627T2126Z-070627T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
326 PM MDT WED JUN 27 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 400 PM MDT...

* AT 321 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 3 
  MILES NORTHWEST OF WOODLAND PARK.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 4 
  MILES NORTHWEST OF WOODLAND PARK...OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
  COLORADO SPRINGS...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOODLAND PARK.

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 3912 10522 3899 10523 3894 10503 3912 10503

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS55 KPUB 272141
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
339 PM MDT WED JUN 27 2007

COC119-272200-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-070627T2200Z/
TELLER CO-
339 PM MDT WED JUN 27 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL TELLER COUNTY...

AT 333 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM 
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADIC STORM WAS CENTERED 
3 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOODLAND PARK...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
COLORADO SPRINGS...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOODLAND PARK.

AT 335 PM A FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF WOODLAND PARK.

LAT...LON 3912 10522 3899 10523 3894 10503 3912 10503

$$

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, 6:59 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBProwers21 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, 3:52 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.