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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 8, 2014Teller County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2014, 12:58 PM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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, 12:58 PM MDT (18:58 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2014, 1:30 PM MDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.0 in

County Teller County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 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

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 193 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

485 
WFUS55 KPUB 081858
TORPUB
COC119-081930-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0009.140608T1858Z-140608T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1258 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 130 PM MDT

* AT 1257 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 1 MILE NORTHEAST 
  OF LAKE GEORGE...OR 29 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO 
  SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER 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. 

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY.

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 3913 10506 3894 10518 3896 10533 3910 10534
      3912 10533
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 238DEG 11KT 3900 10533 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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3 follow-up statements

099 
WWUS55 KPUB 081908
SVSPUB

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

COC119-081930-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140608T1930Z/
TELLER CO-
108 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY...
    
AT 107 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH 
OF FLORISSANT...OR 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER 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. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY.

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 3913 10506 3894 10518 3896 10533 3910 10534
      3912 10533
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 238DEG 11KT 3902 10529 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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472 
WWUS55 KPUB 081922
SVSPUB

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

COC119-081930-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140608T1930Z/
TELLER CO-
122 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY...
    
AT 121 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF FLORISSANT...OR 26 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION...AND THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF 
PRODUCING TORNADOES. 

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. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY.

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 3913 10506 3896 10517 3896 10533 3910 10534
      3912 10533
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 246DEG 10KT 3903 10525 

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

$$

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158 
WWUS55 KPUB 081929
SVSPUB

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

COC119-081938-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140608T1930Z/
TELLER CO-
129 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
130 PM MDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. 
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER HAIL 
THE SIZE OF DIMES IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3913 10506 3896 10517 3896 10533 3910 10534
      3912 10533
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 238DEG 11KT 3903 10525 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 6:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	32 min
Jun 7, 9:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	25 min
Jun 8, 10:42 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	33 min
Jun 8, 11:10 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	35 min
Jun 8, 11:52 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	23 min
Jun 8, 12:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	31 min
Jun 8, 12:31 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Teller	29 min
Jun 8, 1:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	43 min
Jun 8, 1:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	58 min
Jun 8, 1:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	25 min
Jun 8, 1:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	35 min
Jun 8, 1:44 PM MDT	Blowing Dust Advisory	PUB	Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande	3 hr
Jun 8, 1:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo, Teller	45 min
Jun 8, 2:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	32 min
Jun 8, 2:18 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	27 min
Jun 8, 2:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	40 min
Jun 8, 2:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero, Pueblo	50 min
Jun 8, 2:29 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
Jun 8, 2:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Pueblo	3 hr
Jun 8, 2:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	35 min
Jun 8, 2:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	47 min
Jun 8, 2:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo	47 min
Jun 8, 3:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	52 min
Jun 8, 3:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	40 min
Jun 8, 3:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	52 min
Jun 8, 4:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	28 min
Jun 8, 4:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	81 min
Jun 8, 4:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	26 min
Jun 8, 5:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	96 min
Jun 8, 5:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	29 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.