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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 27, 2007Teller County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2007, 3:52 PM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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
Jun 27, 2007, 3:52 PM MDT (21:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2007, 4:25 PM MDT
In force
33 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), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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 nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 272154
TORPUB
COC119-272245-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0016.070627T2152Z-070627T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 445 PM MDT...

* AT 346 PM MDT...FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEES REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF DIVIDE...AND 4 MILES WEST OF 
WOODLAND PARK. THE STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOODLAND PARK.
  DIVIDE.

DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY LARGE HAIL ARE ALSO LIKELY IN THE WARNED 
AREA. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING FOR 
NORTHEAST TELLER COUNTY.

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 10530 3897 10531 3888 10503 3911 10503

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS55 KPUB 272207
SVSPUB

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

COC119-272245-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070627T2245Z/
TELLER CO-
403 PM MDT WED JUN 27 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR NORTHERN
TELLER COUNTY...

AT 354 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM 
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO.  A LARGE THUNDERSTORM WAS WEST 
WOODLAND PARK...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND WAS 
MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOODLAND PARK.
  DIVIDE.

AT 345 FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEES REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHWEST 
OF WOODLAND PARK WITH DAMAGE REPORTED AT FOREST SERVICE ROAD 357 AT 
COUNTY ROAD 78.  TREES WERE DOWN AND FOREST ROADS WERE BLOCKED.

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER 
IMMEDIATELY.

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

LAT...LON 3912 10530 3897 10531 3888 10503 3911 10503

$$
000 
WWUS55 KPUB 272225
SVSPUB

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

COC119-272235-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070627T2245Z/
TELLER CO-
425 PM MDT WED JUN 27 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN TELLER
COUNTY...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING MAY STILL BE IN THE 
AREA.

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

LAT...LON 3912 10530 3897 10531 3888 10503 3911 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, 3:26 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBTeller34 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

Nearby

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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.