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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 22, 2007El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 22, 2007, 6:17 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 58 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: Aug 22, 2007, 6:17 PM MDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2007, 7:15 PM MDT
In force: 58 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), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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
Aug 22, 5:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 95 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2736 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 73 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 230017
TORPUB
COC041-230115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0026.070823T0017Z-070823T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
617 PM MDT WED AUG 22 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM MDT...

* AT 612 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 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  ELLICOTT...OR 25 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND WAS MOVING
  TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  YODER.
  RUSH.
  TRUCKTON.

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
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3889 10406 3852 10405 3853 10431 3882 10448
      3893 10429
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 323DEG 18KT 3880 10431

$$

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 230036
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
636 PM MDT WED AUG 22 2007

COC041-230115-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-070823T0115Z/
EL PASO CO-
636 PM MDT WED AUG 22 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 629 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 YODER...OR
29 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TRUCKTON.
  RUSH.

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.

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

LAT...LON 3853 10426 3853 10430 3855 10432 3876 10442
      3885 10442 3888 10427 3885 10406 3853 10406
      3852 10425
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 296DEG 15KT 3878 10423

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 230102
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
657 PM MDT WED AUG 22 2007

COC041-230115-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-070823T0115Z/
EL PASO CO-
657 PM MDT WED AUG 22 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 650 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM 
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A RAPIDLY ROTATING THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS CENTERED NEAR RUSH...OR 
35 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST 
AT 25 MPH.

AT APPROXIMATELY 645 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO IN THE 
VICINITY OF RUSH.  THE TIME AND LOCATION OF THE TORNADO WERE NOT 
ABLE TO BE CONFIRMED.  THE REPORT WAS RELAYED BY LOCAL RADIO AND
TELEVISION STATIONS.

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

LAT...LON 3853 10426 3853 10430 3855 10432 3876 10442
      3885 10442 3888 10427 3885 10406 3853 10406
      3852 10425
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 267DEG 23KT 3881 10408

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 230112
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
711 PM MDT WED AUG 22 2007

COC041-230121-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-070823T0115Z/
EL PASO CO-
711 PM MDT WED AUG 22 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY EXPIRES AT 715
PM MDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL EL 
PASO COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM...AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS STILL EXPECTED IN 
RURAL AREAS EAST OF TRUCKTON.

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

LAT...LON 3853 10426 3853 10430 3855 10432 3876 10442
      3885 10442 3888 10427 3885 10406 3853 10406
      3852 10425
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 267DEG 23KT 3881 10397

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 23, 4:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	65 min
Aug 23, 5:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	57 min
Aug 23, 5:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	65 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.