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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 8, 2014El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2014, 2:18 PM MDT for El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 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
Jun 8, 2014, 2:18 PM MDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2014, 2:45 PM MDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties El Paso County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 8, 12:19 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 12:00Z on 2014-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 430 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2014-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
430 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-348 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
924 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 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.

364 
WFUS55 KPUB 082019
TORPUB
COC041-101-082045-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0010.140608T2018Z-140608T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
218 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 245 PM MDT
    
* AT 218 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PINON...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF PUEBLO...
  MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO 
           ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS 
           WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS 
           LIKELY. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PINON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3840 10461 3858 10462 3857 10414 3841 10416
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 267DEG 39KT 3850 10453 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

ETP
2 follow-up statements
137 
WWUS55 KPUB 082031
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
231 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014

COC041-101-082045-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140608T2045Z/
PUEBLO CO-EL PASO CO-
231 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO AND SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTIES...
    
AT 231 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF HANOVER...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF
PUEBLO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL 
         BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PINON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3840 10461 3858 10462 3857 10414 3841 10416
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 265DEG 36KT 3852 10441 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

ETP
295 
WWUS55 KPUB 082046
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
244 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014

COC041-101-082054-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140608T2045Z/
PUEBLO CO-EL PASO CO-
244 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO AND SOUTH CENTRAL EL
PASO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 245 PM MDT...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY
AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
NORTHWESTERN CROWLEY COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY...AND 
SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM MDT. 
**!

LAT...LON 3840 10461 3858 10462 3857 10414 3841 10416
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 267DEG 39KT 3852 10441 

$$

ETP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 6:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent32 min
Jun 7, 9:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso25 min
Jun 8, 10:42 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache33 min
Jun 8, 11:10 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache35 min
Jun 8, 11:52 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache23 min
Jun 8, 12:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller31 min
Jun 8, 12:31 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBTeller29 min
Jun 8, 12:58 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBTeller32 min
Jun 8, 1:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont43 min
Jun 8, 1:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller58 min
Jun 8, 1:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo25 min
Jun 8, 1:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller35 min
Jun 8, 1:44 PM MDTBlowing Dust AdvisoryPUBAlamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande3 hr
Jun 8, 1:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Pueblo, Teller45 min
Jun 8, 2:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso32 min
Jun 8, 2:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso40 min
Jun 8, 2:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero, Pueblo50 min
Jun 8, 2:29 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jun 8, 2:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBPueblo3 hr
Jun 8, 2:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo35 min
Jun 8, 2:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso47 min
Jun 8, 2:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo47 min
Jun 8, 3:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Kiowa, Otero52 min
Jun 8, 3:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas40 min
Jun 8, 3:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas52 min
Jun 8, 4:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent, Kiowa28 min
Jun 8, 4:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers81 min
Jun 8, 4:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca26 min
Jun 8, 5:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa, Prowers96 min
Jun 8, 5:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca29 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.