Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 13, 2008, 5:02 PM MDT for Crowley County, Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 37 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, 5:02 PM MDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2008, 5:39 PM MDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 132302 TORPUB COC025-061-140000- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0017.080813T2302Z-080814T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 502 PM MDT WED AUG 13 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 600 PM MDT... * AT 458 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM WHICH WAS RAPIDLY ROTATING AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 36 MILES NORTH OF LA JUNTA...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 13 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY AND EAST CENTRAL CROWLEY COUNTY. 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 3826 10370 3852 10361 3852 10343 3826 10332 TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 359DEG 11KT 3848 10357 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KPUB 132319 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 519 PM MDT WED AUG 13 2008 COC025-061-140000- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-080814T0000Z/ CROWLEY CO-KIOWA CO- 518 PM MDT WED AUG 13 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTIES... AT 517 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS CENTERED OVER NORTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY...OR 33 MILES NORTH OF LA JUNTA...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 8 MPH. THE SEVERE STORM WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY AND NORTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY EAST OF HIGHWAY 71. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A HOUSE IS IN A BASEMENT...UNDER STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...GO TO A NEARBY STURDY STRUCTURE AND GET IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF THERE IS NO STURDY STRUCTURE AVAILABLE...AS A LAST RESORT...GO TO A CULVERT...DITCH...OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3826 10370 3852 10361 3852 10343 3826 10332 TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 003DEG 7KT 3845 10358 $$
000
WWUS55 KPUB 132330
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
530 PM MDT WED AUG 13 2008
COC025-061-140000-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-080814T0000Z/
CROWLEY CO-KIOWA CO-
528 PM MDT WED AUG 13 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTIES...
AT 526 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS CENTERED OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN
CROWLEY COUNTY...OR 34 MILES NORTH OF LA JUNTA...AND WAS MOVING
TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 12 MPH.
THE SEVERE STORM WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME WEST
CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY.
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 3852 10357 3852 10343 3826 10332 3827 10350
3826 10351 3825 10358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 303DEG 10KT 3846 10350
$$000
WWUS55 KPUB 132339
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
539 PM MDT WED AUG 13 2008
COC025-061-132350-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-080814T0000Z/
CROWLEY CO-KIOWA CO-
540 PM MDT WED AUG 13 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA AND
NORTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTIES...
HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING MAY STILL BE IN THE AREA.
LAT...LON 3852 10357 3852 10343 3826 10332 3827 10350
3826 10351 3825 10358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 303DEG 10KT 3844 10346
$$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, 4:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 27 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 2008Every tornado warning in 2008Tornadoes in 2008
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.