Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 8, 2017, 5:50 PM MDT for Baca County, Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 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 8, 2017, 5:50 PM MDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2017, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 8, 2:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 245 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
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
030
WFUS55 KPUB 082350
TORPUB
COC009-011-090015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0011.170808T2350Z-170809T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
550 PM MDT TUE AUG 8 2017
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Baca County in southeastern Colorado...
Southeastern Bent County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 615 PM MDT
* At 550 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 22 miles west of Two Buttes Reservoir, or 29 miles
northwest of Springfield, moving southeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar 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
northwestern Baca and southeastern Bent 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 3773 10308 3781 10295 3763 10274 3750 10295
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 326DEG 10KT 3771 10300
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
KT2 follow-up statements
492
WWUS55 KPUB 082357
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
557 PM MDT TUE AUG 8 2017
COC009-011-090015-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-170809T0015Z/
Baca CO-Bent CO-
557 PM MDT TUE AUG 8 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BACA AND SOUTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES...
At 556 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 21 miles west of Two Buttes Reservoir, or 28 miles
northwest of Springfield, moving southeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Baca and southeastern Bent Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3780 10297 3763 10274 3750 10295 3773 10308
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 326DEG 10KT 3770 10299
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
KT594
WWUS55 KPUB 090014
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
614 PM MDT TUE AUG 8 2017
COC009-011-090024-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-170809T0015Z/
Baca CO-Bent CO-
614 PM MDT TUE AUG 8 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BACA AND SOUTHEASTERN BENT
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM MDT...
The tornado threat has diminished and 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 severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1100 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Pueblo.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
southern Bent and northeast Baca counties.
LAT...LON 3780 10297 3763 10274 3750 10295 3773 10308
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 326DEG 10KT 3766 10296
$$
KTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 9:56 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Pueblo | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 59 min |
| Aug 8, 1:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 62 min |
| Aug 8, 1:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 25 min |
| Aug 8, 2:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 62 min |
| Aug 8, 2:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Rio Grande | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 2:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Pueblo | 57 min |
| Aug 8, 3:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 3:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 55 min |
| Aug 8, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 4:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 4:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 4:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 5:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 5:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 52 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.