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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Pueblo, CO
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 5:35 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 Wnw Florence, CO | |
| Aug 25, 5:40 PM MDT | TORNADO | S Florence, CO | NEAR HYWY 67 AND HYWY 115. |
| Aug 25, 5:40 PM MDT | TORNADO | S Florence, CO | NEAR 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 4:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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
$$
HODANISH2 follow-up statements
393
WWUS55 KPUB 252340
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
540 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2014
COC027-043-101-260000-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-140826T0000Z/
PUEBLO CO-CUSTER CO-FREMONT CO-
540 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO...NORTHEASTERN CUSTER AND SOUTHEASTERN FREMONT
COUNTIES...
AT 539 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF PENROSE...OR 20 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FLORENCE...PENROSE AND CANON CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3829 10520 3846 10518 3849 10491 3820 10488
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 279DEG 14KT 3832 10499
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
HODANISH011
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
$$
HODANISHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 6:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 30 min |
| Aug 25, 2:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 24 min |
| Aug 25, 4:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 37 min |
| Aug 25, 4:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Douglas | 32 min |
| Aug 25, 4:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 59 min |
| Aug 25, 4:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 26 min |
| Aug 25, 4:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 27 min |
| Aug 25, 4:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 36 min |
| Aug 25, 5:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 26 min |
| Aug 25, 5:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont | 51 min |
| Aug 25, 5:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 47 min |
| Aug 25, 5:27 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Aug 25, 5:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 25 min |
| Aug 25, 5:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 115 min |
| Aug 25, 5:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Fremont, Pueblo | 19 min |
| Aug 25, 5:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 18 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.