Tornado Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO

Issued

May 7, 2015, 1:38 PM MDT (19:38 UTC)

Expired

May 7, 2015, 2:15 PM MDT

In force

37 min

Issued by

NWS Pueblo, CO

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Radar indicated

Hail

2.0 in

County Las Animas County, CO

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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413 
WFUS55 KPUB 071938
TORPUB
COC071-072015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0004.150507T1938Z-150507T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
138 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 215 PM MDT
    
* AT 137 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF TRINCHERA...OR 29 MILES EAST
  OF TRINIDAD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. 

  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
  SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS 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 3708 10404 3726 10409 3737 10366 3710 10360
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 259DEG 22KT 3719 10398 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

PGW

761 
WWUS55 KPUB 071949
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
149 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2015

COC071-072015-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150507T2015Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
149 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...
    
AT 149 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF TRINCHERA...OR 30 MILES NORTH OF
DES MOINES...MOVING EAST AT 25 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
SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS 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 3708 10399 3727 10405 3737 10366 3710 10360
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 262DEG 20KT 3719 10390 

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

$$

PGW

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