Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2008, 4:20 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 55 min. 5 reports 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
- Apr 23, 2008, 4:20 PM MDT (22:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2008, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 4:36 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 7 N Brandon, CO | STARTED 436 PM... |
| Apr 23, 4:44 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 9 N Brandon, CO | |
| Apr 23, 5:17 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | Sheridan Lake, CO | ALSO MEASURED 62 MPH WIND GUSTS. |
| Apr 23, 5:21 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 4 E Sheridan Lake, CO | |
| Apr 23, 5:21 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | Sheridan Lake, CO | STARTED 500 PM... |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 1:25 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2130 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 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 232220
TORPUB
COC061-232315-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0002.080423T2220Z-080423T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
420 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 515 PM MDT...
* AT 418 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE STORM WHICH WAS RAPIDLY ROTATING AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO NEAR CHIVINGTON...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...AND
WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRANDON.
SHERIDAN LAKE.
TOWNER.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3828 10251 3844 10261 3862 10262 3862 10217
3863 10216 3863 10206 3861 10204 3855 10204
3854 10203 3837 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 245DEG 21KT 3840 10245
$$5 follow-up statements
000
WWUS55 KPUB 232228
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
428 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008
COC061-232315-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080423T2315Z/
KIOWA CO-
428 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR EASTERN
KIOWA COUNTY...
AT 423 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS CENTERED NEAR BRANDON...
OR 25 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT
24 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHERIDAN LAKE.
TOWNER.
AT 420 PM A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER SAW VERY STRONG INFLOW
INTO THE STORM. THIS STRONG INFLOW WILL STRENGTHEN THE ROTATION IN
THE STORM INCREASING THE CHANCES FOR A TORNADO. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO
SHOWS STRONG ROTATION WITH THIS STORM.
IF YOU ARE IN A VEHICLE IN A RURAL AREA...AND THE TORNADO IS AT A
DISTANCE...YOU MAY BE ABLE TO DRIVE OUT OF ITS PATH. IF YOU CANNOT
DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...GET OUT OF YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A CULVERT...DITCH...OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND
COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3828 10251 3844 10261 3862 10262 3862 10217
3863 10216 3863 10206 3861 10204 3855 10204
3854 10203 3837 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 245DEG 21KT 3842 10244
$$000
WWUS55 KPUB 232235
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
435 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008
COC061-232315-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080423T2315Z/
KIOWA CO-
435 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR EASTERN
KIOWA COUNTY...
AT 431 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 BRANDON...
OR 28 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST
AT 28 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SHERIDAN LAKE BY 440 PM MDT...
SHERIDAN LAKE BY 445 PM MDT...
TOWNER BY 505 PM MDT...
AT 433 PM A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER SAW FUNNEL CLOUD OR
POSSIBLE TORNADO WITH THIS STORM...ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF SHERIDAN
LAKE.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3828 10251 3844 10261 3862 10262 3862 10217
3863 10216 3863 10206 3861 10204 3855 10204
3854 10203 3837 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 244DEG 25KT 3845 10237
$$000
WWUS55 KPUB 232252
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
452 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008
COC061-232315-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080423T2315Z/
KIOWA CO-
452 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR EASTERN
KIOWA COUNTY...
AT 448 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS CENTERED NEAR SHERIDAN
LAKE...OR 29 MILES WEST OF TRIBUNE...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST AT 29 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOWNER BY 505 PM MDT...
RADAR INDICATES THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.
IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...GO TO A
NEARBY STURDY STRUCTURE AND GET IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF THERE IS NO STURDY
STRUCTURE AVAILABLE...AS A LAST RESORT...GO TO A CULVERT...DITCH...OR
OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3828 10251 3844 10261 3862 10262 3862 10217
3863 10216 3863 10206 3861 10204 3855 10204
3854 10203 3837 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 244DEG 25KT 3852 10226
$$000
WWUS55 KPUB 232256
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
456 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008
COC061-232315-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080423T2315Z/
KIOWA CO-
456 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR EASTERN
KIOWA COUNTY...
AT 452 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 6 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SHERIDAN LAKE...OR 27 MILES WEST OF TRIBUNE...AND WAS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOWNER.
THERE HAS BEEN A HISTORY OF VERY LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. AT 444 PM...A
SPOTTER 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHERIDAN LAKE REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3828 10251 3844 10261 3862 10262 3862 10217
3863 10216 3863 10206 3861 10204 3855 10204
3854 10203 3837 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 244DEG 26KT 3856 10222
$$000
WWUS55 KPUB 232316
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
516 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008
COC061-232325-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080423T2315Z/
KIOWA CO-
516 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 515 PM
MDT...
A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...WHICH COVERS MUCH OF THIS
EXPIRED TORNADO WARNING...HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3828 10251 3844 10261 3862 10262 3862 10217
3863 10216 3863 10206 3861 10204 3855 10204
3854 10203 3837 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 244DEG 26KT 3862 10206
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 4:45 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, El Paso and 7 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 96 min |
| Apr 23, 3:10 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley and 11 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 23, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 39 min |
| Apr 23, 4:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 42 min |
| Apr 23, 5:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 61 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.