Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 17, 2008, 12:29 PM MDT for Costilla County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 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 17, 2008, 12:29 PM MDT (18:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2008, 12:54 PM MDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Costilla County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 269 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
- 45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 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 171829 TORPUB COC023-171930- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0022.080817T1829Z-080817T1930Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1229 PM MDT SUN AUG 17 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL COSTILLA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 130 PM MDT... * AT 1225 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO. NEAR SAN ACACIO... OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALAMOSA...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 17 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SAN ACACIO. SAN LUIS. SAN PABLO. 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 3739 10519 3713 10515 3711 10568 3729 10572 TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 261DEG 15KT 3721 10558 $$
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS55 KPUB 171839
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1239 PM MDT SUN AUG 17 2008
COC023-171930-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080817T1930Z/
COSTILLA CO-
1238 PM MDT SUN AUG 17 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
COSTILLA COUNTY...
AT 1233 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS
CENTERED NEAR SAN ACACIO...OR 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALAMOSA...AND
WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 19 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAN ACACIO.
SAN LUIS.
SAN PABLO.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A HOUSE IS IN A BASEMENT...UNDER STURDY
FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN
AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR
BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM
FLYING DEBRIS. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...GO TO A
NEARBY STURDY STRUCTURE AND GET IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF THERE IS NO STURDY
STRUCTURE AVAILABLE...AS A LAST RESORT...GO TO A CULVERT...DITCH...OR
OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3729 10565 3739 10519 3713 10515 3712 10538
3712 10549 3711 10550 3711 10560 3712 10563
TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 268DEG 17KT 3720 10554
$$000
WWUS55 KPUB 171854
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1254 PM MDT SUN AUG 17 2008
COC023-171904-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080817T1930Z/
COSTILLA CO-
1254 PM MDT SUN AUG 17 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL COSTILLA
COUNTY...
HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING MAY STILL BE IN THE AREA.
LAT...LON 3729 10565 3739 10519 3713 10515 3712 10538
3712 10549 3711 10550 3711 10560 3712 10563
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 268DEG 17KT 3720 10544
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 12:38 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 7:31 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Otero | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 83 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.