Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 8, 2019, 5:04 PM MDT for El Paso 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 8, 2019, 5:04 PM MDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2019, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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 nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1355 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
468
WFUS55 KPUB 082304
TORPUB
COC041-082330-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0026.190808T2304Z-190808T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
504 PM MDT Thu Aug 8 2019
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern El Paso County in east central Colorado...
* Until 530 PM MDT.
* At 504 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Calhan, or 32 miles southwest of Limon, moving
east at 10 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Ramah around 530 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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3907 10405 3907 10406 3906 10425 3909 10428
3913 10424 3913 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 247DEG 8KT 3908 10425
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
Heavener2 follow-up statements
701
WWUS55 KPUB 082320
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
520 PM MDT Thu Aug 8 2019
COC041-082330-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-190808T2330Z/
El Paso CO-
520 PM MDT Thu Aug 8 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...
At 520 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Ramah, or 30 miles southwest of Limon, moving
northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Ramah around 530 PM MDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3907 10405 3907 10406 3906 10421 3913 10421
3913 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 247DEG 8KT 3909 10421
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Heavener440
WWUS55 KPUB 082330
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
530 PM MDT Thu Aug 8 2019
COC041-082339-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-190808T2330Z/
El Paso CO-
530 PM MDT Thu Aug 8 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
530 PM MDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
Remember, a Tornado Warning still remains in effect for East Central
El Paso County until 545 pm mdt.
LAT...LON 3907 10405 3907 10406 3906 10421 3913 10421
3913 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 247DEG 8KT 3910 10419
$$
epThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 6:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 6:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 6:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 7:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 7:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 12:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 12:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 1:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Conejos | 23 min |
| Aug 8, 1:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Conejos | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 2:03 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 2:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 2:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 3:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 3:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:32 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 3:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 3:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 22 min |
| Aug 8, 3:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 4:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 23 min |
| Aug 8, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 43 min |
| Aug 8, 4:26 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 21 min |
| Aug 8, 4:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 21 min |
| Aug 8, 4:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 110 min |
| Aug 8, 5:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 39 min |
| Aug 8, 5:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 5:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 39 min |
| Aug 8, 5:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 5:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 5:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 5:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 23 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.