5 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 7, 1:40 PM MST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 240 PM MDT SAT AUG 7 2004 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND SUNDAY) A LOBE OF PV IS SHOWN IN THE MODELS WORKING ITS WAY ACRS CO TODAY AND WATER VAPOR IMAGES ARE SHOWING DRIER AIR ALOFT WORKING ACRS WRN PORTIONS OF THE STATE WITH THIS FEATURE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED OVR THE MTS TODAY AND ARE SPREADING ONTO THE ERN PLAINS. WL INCREASE POPS ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR AND ALL THE SE PLAINS TO SCT FOR THIS EVENING. THE BEST UPR LIFT APPEARS TO SHIFT E OF THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ARE STILL FAIRLY HIGH OVR ERN AREAS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN REMAINS THE MAIN THREAT FROM STORMS THIS EVENING. HOWEVER I CANNOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF ONE OR TWO SEVERE STORMS PRODUCING HAIL OF 3/4 TO 1 INCH OR WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WL END MOST PCPN AT MIDNIGHT BUT WL KEEP SOME ISOLD POPS OVR THE FAR SE PLAINS UNTIL 9Z. SUN A SHRTWV TROF TO THE NORTH WL MOVE FROM NE MT INTO NORTH CENTRAL ND BY MIDDAY...AND WL SEND A COLD FRONT INTO SE CO. AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE THE FRONT MAY MAKE IT TO THE PALMER DVD AREA ABOUT MID MORNING AND THRU THE REST OF THE SE PLAINS BY ABOUT NOON. SIGNIFICANT COOLING IS NOT EXPECTED FOR SUN WITH THIS FRONT. MODELS SHOW ALMOST NO PCPN FOR THE ENTIRE AREA ON SUN BUT I AM FINDING THAT DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE. WRN AREAS DO LOOK DRIER...BUT THERE WL STILL BE SOME RESIDUAL MSTR IN THE E ALONG WITH SOME LOW LVL UPSLOPE. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OVR THE SE PLAINS SUN ARE STILL EXPECTED TO BE FROM ABOUT 3/4 INCH TO AROUND 1 INCH. LAPSE RATES OVR THE SE PLAINS ARE STEEP SUN AND CAPE VALUES OF 1000-1500 J/KG ARE FORECAST OVR THE FAR SE. WL LEAVE 10 AND 20 POPS ACRS THE AREA WHICH WL ALSO MATCH WELL WITH SURROUNDING WFO/S. WL KEEP MAX TEMPS NEAR GUIDANCE. .LONG TERM... (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) KEPT LATE EVENING POPS ALONG SOUTHERN MTNS AND EASTERN PLAINS AS FIRST FROPA LAYS ACROSS THIS AREA. INTO MONDAY...S/W TROF PROGRESSES ACROSS NORTHERN STATES INTO GREAT LAKES REGION WITH NOSE OF TRAILING HIGH CONTINUING TO SKIRT THE AREA. SE FLOW RETURNS TO SURFACE ON EASTERN PLAINS WITH NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...STILL EXPECT TEMPS IN THE 80S WITH CHANCE FOR ISOLATED DIURNAL STORMS. BEST FROPA REMAINS ON TRACK FOR LATE TUESDAY...AS COLDFRONT MAKES SURGE SOUTHWARD AS SECONDARY VORT ROTATES THROUGH BACK OF THE TROF. LOOKS TO BE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...KEPT ISOLD COVERAGE BUT UPPED PLAINS AND EAST MTNS TO SCATTERED FOR EVENING. UPPED TEMPS NEAR MTNS AND KEPT COOLER TEMPS FAR EASTERN PLAINS AS NW FLOW ALOFT EXPECTED TO ONCE AGAIN MIX OUT TO WARMER TEMPS BEFORE FROPA. COLDER AIR MOVES IN OVERNIGHT...ADDED ISOLD POPS EAST MTNS AND PLAINS. PRECIP WOULD LIKELY BECOME STABLE VERSUS CONVECTIVE... HOWEVER CANT RULE OUT THUNDER YET AND WILL LEAVE AS SUCH. NOT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MOISTURE DEPICTED WITH THIS SYSTEM... HOWEVER THINK UPSLOPE FLOW COMBINED WITH S/W MOVING OVER AIRMASS ALOFT SHOULD BRING CLOUDS AND PRECIP TO MUCH OF THE AREA FOR WEDNESDAY. EXPECT HIGHS IN 70S MOST PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS... COOLEST DAY OF THE WEEK. TEMPS SLOW TO WARM FOR THURSDAY...AND COOLED GRIDS A BIT. SURFACE HIGH PUSHES EAST AND SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNS TO PLAINS AND BRINGS A GRADUAL WARMUP FOR FRI AND SAT. 588DM HEIGHTS REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD...SO ONCE SURFACE FRONT MOVES OUT EXPECT TEMPS TO REBOUND CLOSER TO NORMALS. KC && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 700 AM MDT SAT AUG 7 2004 COZ058>089-093>099-081500- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT-CROWLEY COUNTY- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- 700 AM MDT SAT AUG 7 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING...WILL SPREAD EASTWARD ONTO THE PLAINS BY AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTING...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. HOWEVER...AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ONTO THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS WHERE MORE ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE RESIDES...ONE OR TWO STORMS COULD BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING HAIL UP TO 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS...WHICH COULD POSE A LOCALIZED FLASH FLOOD THREAT FOR SENSITIVE AREAS PRONE TO RUNOFF PROBLEMS...SUCH AS THE BURN SCARS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE WEATHER DISTURBANCE EXITS THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO JUST ABOUT EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. FASTER...NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE MAY HELP REDUCE THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL BUT WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. KT/WFF
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:52 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Two short-lived tornados moved very slowly over open country and caused no known damage.
Around Blue Lakes Reservoir...three tornadoes were observed in close proximity. One of these tornados hit a camper and destroying it.
Strong thunderstorm winds knocked power poles down...caused large branches to be broken off trees...and caused a railroad crossing gate to be broken off.
A brief tornado tracked northwest of Hasty and destroyed a garage.
Strong thunderstorm winds caused power poles to be knocked down.
Strong thunderstorm winds caused trees to be blown down.
A short-lived tornado caused no known damage.
Strong thunderstorm winds blew down power poles.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Colorado, 2004Warnings in Colorado, August 2004
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5419195, 5419203, 5419196, 5419197, 5419198, 5419199, 5419200, 5419201, 5419202.