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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 17, 2008Costilla County, Colorado

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.

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.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2008-08-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 45 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2008-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 12:38 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso3 hr
Aug 17, 7:31 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBOtero6 hr
Aug 17, 1:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas, Otero83 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.