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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 4, 2007El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 2007, 3:32 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 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 4, 2007, 3:32 PM MDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2007, 4:06 PM MDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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: 351 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -219 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1357 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS55 KPUB 042132
TORPUB
COC041-042230-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0024.070704T2132Z-070704T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
332 PM MDT WED JUL 4 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 430 PM MDT...

* AT 328 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS SEVERE STORM  
  WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRUCKTON...OR 32 MILES NORTHEAST  
  OF PUEBLO...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 5   MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO
  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 3875 10420 3871 10442 3852 10440 3852 10408

$$

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 042143
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
342 PM MDT WED JUL 4 2007

COC041-042230-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-070704T2230Z/
EL PASO CO-
342 PM MDT WED JUL 4 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 341 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 NEAR TRUCKTON...
OR 33 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE
EAST AT 5 MPH.

THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN THE VICINITY OF 
TRUCKTON AT 327 PM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TRUCKTON.
  RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3875 10406 3871 10442 3852 10440 3852 10406

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 042156
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
354 PM MDT WED JUL 4 2007

COC041-042230-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-070704T2230Z/
EL PASO CO-
354 PM MDT WED JUL 4 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 349 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST EL 
PASO COUNTY.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS CENTERED NEAR TRUCKTON...OR 34 
MILES NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 5 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TRUCKTON.

THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM AT 331 PM.

NO NEW REPORTS OF TORNADOES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...HOWEVER THIS STORM 
COULD STILL PRODUCE A TORNADO.

HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL ALSO 
BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3875 10406 3871 10442 3852 10440 3852 10406

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 042206
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
406 PM MDT WED JUL 4 2007

COC041-042216-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-070704T2230Z/
EL PASO CO-
406 PM MDT WED JUL 4 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO
COUNTY...

HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING MAY STILL BE IN THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3875 10406 3871 10442 3852 10440 3852 10406

$$

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, 6:46 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Kiowa	36 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, 3:59 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.