Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 2007, 5:30 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 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
- Apr 21, 2007, 5:30 PM MDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2007, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Baca County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 202 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2:10 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 232 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 303 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -477 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 881 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KPUB 212330 TORPUB COC009-220030- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0005.070421T2330Z-070422T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 530 PM MDT SAT APR 21 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 630 PM MDT... * AT 526 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMPO...OR 33 MILES WEST OF ELKHART...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... VILAS. WALSH. TWO BUTTES. 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 3703 10261 3699 10235 3762 10207 3764 10262 $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KPUB 212342 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 541 PM MDT SAT APR 21 2007 COC009-220030- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070422T0030Z/ BACA CO- 541 PM MDT SAT APR 21 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR EASTERN BACA COUNTY... AT 539 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS CENTERED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VILAS...OR 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WALSH. BARTLETT. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A HOUSE IS IN A BASEMENT...UNDER STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...GO TO A NEARBY STURDY STRUCTURE AND GET IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF THERE IS NO STURDY STRUCTURE AVAILABLE...AS A LAST RESORT...GO TO A CULVERT...DITCH...OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3716 10252 3710 10231 3751 10205 3763 10237 $$
000 WWUS55 KPUB 212355 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 551 PM MDT SAT APR 21 2007 COC009-220030- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070422T0030Z/ BACA CO- 551 PM MDT SAT APR 21 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR EASTERN BACA COUNTY... AT 547 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAPID ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. SEVERE STORMS WERE NEAR WALSH AND JUST SOUTH OF STONINGTON...AND WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BARTLETT. WALSH. STONINGTON. NO RECENT TORNADO REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...BUT THESE STORMS ARE STILL ROTATING RAPIDLY AND COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME. 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3716 10252 3709 10229 3751 10205 3758 10230 $$
000 WWUS55 KPUB 220011 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 609 PM MDT SAT APR 21 2007 COC009-220030- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070422T0030Z/ BACA CO- 609 PM MDT SAT APR 21 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR EASTERN BACA COUNTY... AT 604 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOS. THIS SEVERE STORMS EXTENDED FROM BARTLETT TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF STONINGTON...AND WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BARTLETT. WALSH. NO RECENT TORNADO REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...BUT THESE STORMS WERE STILL ROTATING AND COULD PRODUCE TORNADOS AT ANY TIME. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A HOUSE IS IN A BASEMENT...UNDER STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...GO TO A NEARBY STURDY STRUCTURE AND GET IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF THERE IS NO STURDY STRUCTURE AVAILABLE...AS A LAST RESORT...GO TO A CULVERT...DITCH...OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3709 10239 3704 10206 3759 10206 3762 10234 $$
000 WWUS55 KPUB 220029 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 627 PM MDT SAT APR 21 2007 COC009-220037- /O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070422T0030Z/ BACA CO- 629 PM MDT SAT APR 21 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN BACA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 630 PM MDT... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS ON THE COLORADO KANSAS BORDER...MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3709 10239 3704 10206 3759 10206 3762 10234 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 3:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 66 min |
| Apr 21, 4:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 64 min |
| Apr 21, 4:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 65 min |
| Apr 21, 5:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.