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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 8, 2015Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2015, 2:43 PM MDT for Pueblo 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: May 8, 2015, 2:43 PM MDT (20:43 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2015, 3:15 PM MDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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
May 8, 2:00 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 236 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

929 
WFUS55 KPUB 082043
TORPUB
COC101-082115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0007.150508T2043Z-150508T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
243 PM MDT FRI MAY 8 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 315 PM MDT
    
* AT 242 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTH OF SALT CREEK...OR 15 MILES
  SOUTH OF PUEBLO...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
  CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED
FOR THE SAME AREA.

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 3793 10468 3807 10482 3827 10459 3806 10438
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 232DEG 12KT 3805 10468 

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

$$

PGW

2 follow-up statements

141 
WWUS55 KPUB 082056
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
256 PM MDT FRI MAY 8 2015

COC101-082115-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150508T2115Z/
PUEBLO CO-
256 PM MDT FRI MAY 8 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
PUEBLO COUNTY...
    
AT 254 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF SALT CREEK...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF
PUEBLO...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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PUEBLO AND SALT CREEK. 

THE RADAR INDICATED LOW LEVEL ROTATION IN THE STORM HAS 
WEAKENED...BUT STRENGTHENING OF THE LOW LEVEL ROTATION IS STILL 
POSSIBLE. 

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 3795 10462 3811 10477 3827 10459 3806 10438
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 232DEG 12KT 3808 10464 

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

$$

PGW

782 
WWUS55 KPUB 082106
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
306 PM MDT FRI MAY 8 2015

COC101-082115-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150508T2115Z/
PUEBLO CO-
306 PM MDT FRI MAY 8 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
PUEBLO COUNTY...
    
AT 305 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF SALT CREEK...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF
PUEBLO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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
CENTRAL PUEBLO 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 3798 10465 3807 10473 3822 10454 3807 10439
      3796 10463
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 232DEG 12KT 3810 10460 

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

$$

PGW

The 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, 2:51 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, 4:39 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Otero, Pueblo	36 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.