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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2015, 4:39 PM MDT for Otero County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 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
- May 8, 2015, 4:39 PM MDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2015, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2:00 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
737
WFUS55 KPUB 082239
TORPUB
COC089-101-082315-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0010.150508T2239Z-150508T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
439 PM MDT FRI MAY 8 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 515 PM MDT
* AT 438 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTH OF DELHI...OR 29 MILES WEST OF
LA JUNTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WEST CENTRAL OTERO AND SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES.
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 YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3774 10405 3783 10417 3797 10396 3785 10383
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 243DEG 14KT 3783 10405
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
EP3 follow-up statements
937
WWUS55 KPUB 082251
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
451 PM MDT FRI MAY 8 2015
COC089-101-082315-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-150508T2315Z/
OTERO CO-PUEBLO CO-
451 PM MDT FRI MAY 8 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL OTERO AND SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES...
AT 451 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF TIMPAS...OR 24 MILES WEST OF LA JUNTA...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WEST CENTRAL OTERO AND SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3774 10405 3788 10407 3797 10396 3785 10383
3775 10404
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 250DEG 16KT 3784 10396
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
EP823
WWUS55 KPUB 082301
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
501 PM MDT FRI MAY 8 2015
COC101-082310-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-150508T2315Z/
PUEBLO CO-
501 PM MDT FRI MAY 8 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3781 10401 3788 10405 3797 10396 3785 10383
3778 10399
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 243DEG 14KT 3786 10392
$$
COC089-082315-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-150508T2315Z/
OTERO CO-
501 PM MDT FRI MAY 8 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY...
AT 500 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF TIMPAS...OR 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA
JUNTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WEST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3781 10401 3788 10405 3797 10396 3785 10383
3778 10399
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 243DEG 14KT 3786 10392
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
EP202
WWUS55 KPUB 082312
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
512 PM MDT FRI MAY 8 2015
COC089-082320-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-150508T2315Z/
OTERO CO-
512 PM MDT FRI MAY 8 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
515 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 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM MDT.
LAT...LON 3781 10401 3788 10405 3797 10396 3785 10383
3778 10399
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 243DEG 14KT 3786 10392
$$
EPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 6:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 56 min |
| May 7, 6:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 62 min |
| May 7, 6:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 62 min |
| May 7, 7:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 65 min |
| May 7, 7:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 24 min |
| May 7, 7:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 44 min |
| May 7, 8:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 18 min |
| May 7, 9:08 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Chaffee, El Paso, Lake, Saguache, Teller | 32 hr |
| May 7, 9:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 65 min |
| May 7, 9:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 29 min |
| May 7, 10:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 66 min |
| May 8, 12:27 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 33 min |
| May 8, 12:32 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 28 min |
| May 8, 12:55 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 35 min |
| May 8, 1:05 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 25 min |
| May 8, 6:16 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 29 min |
| May 8, 6:49 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 26 min |
| May 8, 7:37 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| May 8, 8:55 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 35 min |
| May 8, 9:29 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| May 8, 10:12 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 33 min |
| May 8, 12:50 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 18 hr |
| May 8, 12:50 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Otero | 6 days |
| May 8, 1:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 35 min |
| May 8, 1:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 36 min |
| May 8, 1:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 32 min |
| May 8, 2:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 23 min |
| May 8, 2:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 27 min |
| May 8, 2:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 34 min |
| May 8, 2:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 28 min |
| May 8, 2:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 32 min |
| May 8, 2:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 24 min |
| May 8, 2:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 31 min |
| May 8, 3:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 26 min |
| May 8, 3:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo | 33 min |
| May 8, 3:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 32 min |
| May 8, 3:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 35 min |
| May 8, 3:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 33 min |
| May 8, 3:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 32 min |
| May 8, 4:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 49 min |
| May 8, 4:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 34 min |
| May 8, 4:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 33 min |
| May 8, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 61 min |
| May 8, 5:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 25 min |
| May 8, 5:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 46 min |
| May 8, 5:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 47 min |
| May 8, 5:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 27 min |
| May 8, 5:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 67 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.