Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 13, 2008, 4:24 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 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 13, 2008, 4:24 PM MDT (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2008, 4:51 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -330 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2828 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 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 132224
TORPUB
COC041-132330-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0016.080813T2224Z-080813T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
424 PM MDT WED AUG 13 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 530 PM MDT...
* AT 419 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO...16
MILES NORTH OF RUSH...OR ABOUT 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON...AND
WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 9 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
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.
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 3908 10419 3911 10403 3885 10403 3884 10404
3882 10420
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 343DEG 8KT 3906 10410
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS55 KPUB 132238
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
438 PM MDT WED AUG 13 2008
COC041-132330-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-080813T2330Z/
EL PASO CO-
437 PM MDT WED AUG 13 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...
AT 436 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS CENTERED 13 MILES NORTH
OF RUSH...OR 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE
SOUTH AT 9 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OPEN COUNTRY OF NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY.
RUSH.
AT AROUND 420 PM A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER SAW A TORNADO
APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES SOUTH OF RAMAH.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A HOUSE IS IN A BASEMENT...UNDER STURDY
FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN
AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR
BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM
FLYING DEBRIS. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...GO TO A
NEARBY STURDY STRUCTURE AND GET IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF THERE IS NO STURDY
STRUCTURE AVAILABLE...AS A LAST RESORT...GO TO A CULVERT...DITCH...OR
OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3906 10413 3907 10403 3885 10403 3884 10404
3882 10420
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 347DEG 8KT 3903 10408
$$000
WWUS55 KPUB 132251
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
451 PM MDT WED AUG 13 2008
COC041-132301-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-080813T2330Z/
EL PASO CO-
451 PM MDT WED AUG 13 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL EL PASO
COUNTY...
HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING MAY STILL BE IN THE AREA.
LAT...LON 3906 10413 3907 10403 3885 10403 3884 10404
3882 10420
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 347DEG 8KT 3900 10407
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 6:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 6:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 65 min |
| Aug 12, 6:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 60 min |
| Aug 12, 6:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 57 min |
| Aug 12, 7:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 50 min |
| Aug 12, 7:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 58 min |
| Aug 12, 7:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 29 min |
| Aug 13, 5:02 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa | 37 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.