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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 4, 2010El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 2010, 8:19 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 56 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
Jul 4, 2010, 8:19 PM MDT (02:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2010, 9:15 PM MDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 4, 4:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2010-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 638 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2010-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -56 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
638 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1200 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.2
Supercell composite
-1.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

299 
WFUS55 KPUB 050219
TORPUB
COC041-050315-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0040.100705T0219Z-100705T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
819 PM MDT SUN JUL 4 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 915 PM MDT

* AT 815 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PEYTON...OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO
  SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PEYTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3912 10431 3893 10450 3905 10465 3913 10462
      3913 10432
TIME...MOT...LOC 0219Z 240DEG 15KT 3902 10449

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 6:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller62 min
Jul 4, 6:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso, Teller2 hr
Jul 4, 7:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso61 min
Jul 4, 7:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso55 min
Jul 4, 7:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller67 min
Jul 4, 7:55 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller3 hr
Jul 4, 8:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero56 min
Jul 4, 8:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero46 min
Jul 4, 8:25 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso65 min
Jul 4, 8:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller56 min
Jul 4, 8:37 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso53 min
Jul 4, 9:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers47 min
Jul 4, 9:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso43 min
Jul 4, 9:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller55 min
Jul 4, 9:54 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jul 4, 9:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo48 min
Jul 4, 10:41 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller2 hr
Jul 4, 11:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo19 min
Jul 5, 1:37 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBKiowa, Prowers113 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.