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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 17, 2015El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 17, 2015, 3:49 PM MDT for El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 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: Aug 17, 2015, 3:49 PM MDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2015, 4:15 PM MDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

Counties El Paso County, CO, Teller County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 17, 2:32 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 157 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: 318 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -267 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

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

422 
WFUS55 KPUB 172149
TORPUB
COC041-119-172215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0037.150817T2149Z-150817T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
349 PM MDT MON AUG 17 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
  NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 415 PM MDT
    
* AT 349 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LARKSPUR...OR 24 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO
  SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PALMER LAKE AROUND 355 PM MDT.
  MONUMENT AND GLENEAGLE AROUND 405 PM MDT.
  AIR FORCE ACADEMY AROUND 410 PM MDT.
  BLACK FOREST AROUND 415 PM MDT.

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 3904 10450 3883 10472 3912 10511 3913 10468
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 308DEG 34KT 3917 10499 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

PGW

2 follow-up statements

059 
WWUS55 KPUB 172201
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
401 PM MDT MON AUG 17 2015

COC041-119-172215-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-150817T2215Z/
TELLER CO-EL PASO CO-
401 PM MDT MON AUG 17 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL TELLER AND NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES...
    
AT 359 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER MONUMENT...OR 19 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG 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. 

THE ROTATION IN THE STORM HAS WEAKENED...BUT REDEVELOPMENT IS STILL 
POSSIBLE.  LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.  

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GLENEAGLE AROUND 405 PM MDT.
  AIR FORCE ACADEMY AROUND 410 PM MDT.
  BLACK FOREST AROUND 415 PM MDT.

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 3904 10450 3883 10472 3912 10511 3913 10468
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 308DEG 34KT 3911 10489 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

PGW

595 
WWUS55 KPUB 172211
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
411 PM MDT MON AUG 17 2015

COC041-119-172220-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-150817T2215Z/
TELLER CO-EL PASO CO-
411 PM MDT MON AUG 17 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TELLER AND NORTHWESTERN EL
PASO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 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 1100 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
COLORADO.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
NORTHEAST TELLER AND NORTHWEST EL PASO COUNTY 

LAT...LON 3904 10450 3883 10472 3912 10511 3913 10468
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 308DEG 34KT 3911 10489 

$$

PGW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 16, 6:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	49 min
Aug 16, 7:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		46 min
Aug 16, 7:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	30 min
Aug 16, 7:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	46 min
Aug 16, 8:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	40 min
Aug 16, 8:34 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	3 hr
Aug 16, 8:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	31 min
Aug 16, 8:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	44 min
Aug 16, 8:51 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Prowers	3 hr
Aug 16, 9:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	32 min
Aug 16, 9:19 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Prowers	116 min
Aug 16, 9:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	46 min
Aug 16, 11:18 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Prowers	3 hr
Aug 17, 2:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	27 min
Aug 17, 2:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	48 min
Aug 17, 3:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	36 min
Aug 17, 3:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	50 min
Aug 17, 4:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Teller	15 min
Aug 17, 4:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	25 min
Aug 17, 4:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	48 min
Aug 17, 4:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	45 min
Aug 17, 5:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	67 min
Aug 17, 5:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Otero	48 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.