Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2007, 10:14 PM MDT for Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2007, 10:14 PM MDT (04:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2007, 10:57 PM MDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bent County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:14 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 10:25 PM MDT | TORNADO | Bristol, CO | SPOTTER IN SHERIDAN LAKE REPORTS A SIZEABLE TORNADO ESTIMATED TO BE IN THE BRISTOL AREA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 774 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS55 KPUB 150415
TORPUB
COC011-099-150515-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0008.070515T0414Z-070515T0515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1014 PM MDT MON MAY 14 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
NORTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BRISTOL...LAMAR...
* UNTIL 1115 PM MDT...
* AT 1010 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
BRISTOL. THIS SEVERE STORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT
10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAMAR.
BRISTOL.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT LOOK FOR THE
TORNADO. FIND YOUR SAFE SPOT NOW
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 3801 10279 3788 10259 3807 10230 3825 10225
3824 10270
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS55 KPUB 150437
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1033 PM MDT MON MAY 14 2007
COC011-099-150515-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070515T0515Z/
PROWERS CO-BENT CO-
1033 PM MDT MON MAY 14 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL BENT AND WESTERN PROWERS COUNTIES...
AT 1025 PM MDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
THE BRISTOL AREA. THIS SEVERE STORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO WAS
CENTERED NEAR BRISTOL...OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF LAMAR...AND
WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRISTOL.
AT 1025 PM MDT...A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER SAW A TORNADO
NEAR THE BRISTOL AREA.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A HOUSE IS IN A BASEMENT...UNDER STURDY
FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN
AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR
BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM
FLYING DEBRIS. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO YOUR SAFE
SPOT.
LAT...LON 3786 10279 3773 10242 3807 10230 3825 10225
3824 10270
$$000
WWUS55 KPUB 150457
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1056 PM MDT MON MAY 14 2007
COC011-099-150506-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070515T0515Z/
PROWERS CO-BENT CO-
1056 PM MDT MON MAY 14 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL BENT AND
WESTERN PROWERS COUNTIES...
THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING
MAY STILL BE IN THE AREA.
LAT...LON 3786 10279 3773 10242 3807 10230 3825 10225
3824 10270
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 8:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 58 min |
| May 14, 9:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 64 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.