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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 3, 2007Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 2007, 6:46 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 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: Jul 3, 2007, 6:46 PM MDT (00:46 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2007, 7:22 PM MDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 3, 2:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 177 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1551 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2122 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS55 KPUB 040048
TORPUB
COC061-040145-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0021.070704T0046Z-070704T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
646 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 745 PM MDT...

* AT 640 PM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.
  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF SHERIDAN 
  LAKE...OR 27 MILES WEST OF TRIBUNE...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE 
  SOUTH AT 25 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO
  AT ANY TIME. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TOWNER.
  SHERIDAN LAKE.

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 1100 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3862 10205 3861 10246 3826 10262 3827 10205

$$

METZE

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 040057
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
655 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2007

COC061-040145-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070704T0145Z/
KIOWA CO-
655 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR EASTERN
KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 652 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 9 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SHERIDAN LAKE...OR 26 MILES WEST OF TRIBUNE...AND WAS
MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SHERIDAN LAKE.
  TOWNER.

AT 646 PM MDT THE PUBLIC SAW 1/2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL 11 MILES NORTH 
NORTHEAST OF SHERIDAN LAKE.

NO TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED YET...BUT THIS STORM IS STILL ROTATING 
RAPIDLY AND COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE 
BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. 

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3862 10205 3861 10246 3826 10262 3827 10205

$$

METZE

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 040118
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
718 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2007

COC061-040145-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070704T0145Z/
KIOWA CO-
718 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR EASTERN
KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 717 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 6 MILES EAST OF
SHERIDAN LAKE...OR 24 MILES WEST OF TRIBUNE...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD
THE SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHIVINGTON.

NO RECENT FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...BUT THIS STORM 
IS STILL ROTATING RAPIDLY AND COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3862 10205 3861 10246 3826 10262 3827 10205

$$

METZE

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 040122
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
722 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2007

COC061-040132-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070704T0145Z/
KIOWA CO-
722 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING MAY STILL BE IN THE AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3862 10205 3861 10246 3826 10262 3827 10205

$$

METZE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 6:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	67 min
Jul 3, 6:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Teller	64 min
Jul 3, 7:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	55 min
Jul 3, 8:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	82 min
Jul 3, 8:47 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent	58 min
Jul 3, 9:44 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	63 min
Jul 3, 11:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	28 min
Jul 4, 3:32 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso	34 min
Jul 4, 3:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Teller	61 min
Jul 4, 4:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Chaffee	95 min
Jul 4, 4:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Alamosa	24 min
Jul 4, 4:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	55 min
Jul 4, 4:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Teller	46 min
Jul 4, 4:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	32 min
Jul 4, 5:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Custer	89 min
Jul 4, 5:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	33 min
Jul 4, 5:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Saguache	45 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.