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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 8, 2008, 4:15 PM MDT for Alamosa County, Costilla County, Huerfano 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
- Aug 8, 2008, 4:15 PM MDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2008, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Huerfano County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 302 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 977 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 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 082215 TORPUB COC003-023-055-082315- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0013.080808T2215Z-080808T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 415 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN ALAMOSA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO... NORTH CENTRAL COSTILLA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO... EXTREME WEST CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 515 PM MDT... * AT 411 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM WHICH WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SAN LUIS LAKE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALAMOSA...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 6 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SAN LUIS LAKE. BLANCA PEAK. 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 3773 10541 3748 10545 3758 10584 3774 10585 TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 302DEG 5KT 3766 10572 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KPUB 082236 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 436 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008 COC003-023-055-082315- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080808T2315Z/ HUERFANO CO-COSTILLA CO-ALAMOSA CO- 435 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN ALAMOSA...NORTH CENTRAL COSTILLA AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTIES... AT 434 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS CENTERED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAN LUIS LAKE...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALAMOSA...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 8 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BLANCA PEAK. AT 358 PM MDT THE PUBLIC SAW A TORNADO APPROXIMATELY 16 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST OF ALAMOSA. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A HOUSE IS IN A BASEMENT...UNDER STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...GO TO A NEARBY STURDY STRUCTURE AND GET IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF THERE IS NO STURDY STRUCTURE AVAILABLE...AS A LAST RESORT...GO TO A CULVERT...DITCH...OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3773 10541 3748 10545 3758 10584 3774 10585 TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 312DEG 7KT 3761 10565 $$
000 WWUS55 KPUB 082309 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 509 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008 COC003-023-055-082319- /O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080808T2315Z/ HUERFANO CO-COSTILLA CO-ALAMOSA CO- 509 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ALAMOSA...NORTH CENTRAL COSTILLA AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 515 PM MDT... LAT...LON 3773 10541 3748 10545 3758 10584 3774 10585 TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 312DEG 7KT 3757 10559 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 10:13 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 11 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 4:40 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:06 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 3 hr |
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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.