Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 2008, 6:25 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 22 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
- Jul 4, 2008, 6:25 PM MDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2008, 6:47 PM MDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Baca County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 6:32 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | N Walsh, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 369 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2451 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 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 050025 TORPUB COC009-050130- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0012.080705T0025Z-080705T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 625 PM MDT FRI JUL 4 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 730 PM MDT... * AT 621 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM WHICH WAS RAPIDLY ROTATING AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WALSH...OR ABOUT 14 MILES WEST OF THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST AT 23 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WALSH. VILAS. CAMPO. DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNED 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. 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 3701 10269 3724 10286 3752 10225 3731 10209 TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 056DEG 20KT 3739 10228 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KPUB 050037 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 637 PM MDT FRI JUL 4 2008 COC009-050130- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080705T0130Z/ BACA CO- 636 PM MDT FRI JUL 4 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR BACA COUNTY... AT 634 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS CENTERED NEAR WALSH...OR 16 MILES WEST OF THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST AT 17 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WALSH VILAS. CAMPO. AT 629 PM MDT THE PUBLIC SAW HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTER IN WALSH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A HOUSE IS IN A BASEMENT...UNDER STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3701 10269 3724 10286 3752 10225 3731 10209 TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 035DEG 15KT 3738 10230 $$
000 WWUS55 KPUB 050047 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 647 PM MDT FRI JUL 4 2008 COC009-050057- /O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080705T0130Z/ BACA CO- 647 PM MDT FRI JUL 4 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BACA COUNTY... HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING MAY STILL BE IN THE AREA. LAT...LON 3701 10269 3724 10286 3752 10225 3731 10209 TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 035DEG 15KT 3737 10233 $$
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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.