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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 25, 2014Custer County, Fremont County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2014, 5:30 PM MDT for Custer County, Fremont County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 min. 3 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
Aug 25, 2014, 5:30 PM MDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2014, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.75 in

Counties Custer County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 25, 5:35 PM MDTHAIL 0.751 Wnw Florence, CO
Aug 25, 5:40 PM MDTTORNADOS Florence, CONEAR HYWY 67 AND HYWY 115.
Aug 25, 5:40 PM MDTTORNADOS Florence, CONEAR HYWY 76 AND HYWY 115.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 25, 4:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 234 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 2014-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -77 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 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.

270 
WFUS55 KPUB 252330
TORPUB
COC027-043-101-260000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0016.140825T2330Z-140826T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
530 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  SOUTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 600 PM MDT
    
* AT 529 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER FLORENCE...OR 28 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO...
  MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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...
  FLORENCE...PENROSE AND CANON CITY. 

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 3826 10522 3846 10522 3849 10491 3820 10488
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 270DEG 9KT 3835 10513 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

HODANISH
2 follow-up statements
393 
WWUS55 KPUB 252340
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
540 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2014

COC027-043-101-260000-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-140826T0000Z/
PUEBLO CO-CUSTER CO-FREMONT CO-
540 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO...NORTHEASTERN CUSTER AND SOUTHEASTERN FREMONT
COUNTIES...
    
AT 539 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF PENROSE...OR 20 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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...
FLORENCE...PENROSE AND CANON CITY. 

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 3829 10520 3846 10518 3849 10491 3820 10488
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 279DEG 14KT 3832 10499 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

HODANISH
011 
WWUS55 KPUB 252342
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
542 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2014

COC027-043-101-260000-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-140826T0000Z/
PUEBLO CO-CUSTER CO-FREMONT CO-
542 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO...NORTHEASTERN CUSTER AND SOUTHEASTERN FREMONT
COUNTIES...
    
AT 540 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR HIGHWAY 67 AND 
115. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. 

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

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...
FLORENCE...PENROSE AND CANON CITY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3829 10520 3846 10518 3849 10491 3820 10488
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 270DEG 9KT 3832 10498 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

HODANISH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 6:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller30 min
Aug 25, 2:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBChaffee24 min
Aug 25, 4:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas37 min
Aug 25, 4:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBDouglas32 min
Aug 25, 4:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller59 min
Aug 25, 4:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca26 min
Aug 25, 4:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont27 min
Aug 25, 4:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso36 min
Aug 25, 5:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca26 min
Aug 25, 5:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont51 min
Aug 25, 5:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso47 min
Aug 25, 5:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso2 hr
Aug 25, 5:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas25 min
Aug 25, 5:50 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso115 min
Aug 25, 5:53 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBFremont, Pueblo19 min
Aug 25, 5:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso18 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.