A tornado occurred east of Mosca during the midafternoon. the tornado destroyed an unoccupied mobile home.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A tornado occurred east of Mosca during the midafternoon. While there were few structures in that area...the tornado destroyed an unoccupied mobile home.
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 16, 2:06 PM MST, 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 306 PM MDT SAT AUG 16 2008 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT THRU SUNDAY) SHORT TERM DESK IS BUSY WITH SVR WX SO THIS WILL BE BRIEF...UPPER LOW IS NOW CENTERED OVR NW COLORADO AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE TO THE SE OVERNIGHT. HIGH POPS CONTINUE TO LOOK GOOD FOR THE CWA ESPECIALLY THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON. DESPITE MODEST INSTABILITY...DIRECTIONAL SHEAR AND HELICITIES CONTINUE TO BE GREAT DUE TO THE UPPER LOW...SO HAVE SEEN SOME STRONG STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WITH GOOD ROTATION OVER THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...AND THESE BANDS OF CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE THRU THE ERN PLAINS TONIGHT. ROSE .LONG TERM... (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) THE UPPER LOW WILL SLOWLY MOVER TO THE S AND E SUN NIGHT...AND SHOULD EXIT THE STATE BY EARLY MON. HAVE TAPERED POPS SO THAT SERN PLAINS...ESPECIALLY BACA COUNTY...WILL SEE A CHANCE OF MORE PRECIP THRU MON AFTERNOON. WRAP AROUND MOISTURE SHOULD TAPER OFF AFTER THAT. NEXT FEW DAYS WILL FEATURE IMPROVING CONDITIONS AS A RIDGE BUILDS BEHIND THE DEPARTING LOW. WILL SEE JUST ISOLD TO SCAT STORMS DURING THIS PERIOD WITH TEMPS CLIMBING BACK TO AROUND CLIMBER OR HIGHER BY MID WEEK. NEXT SYSTEM WILL BEING A COLD FRONT THRU BY FRI OR FRI NIGHT. HAVE GONE LARGELY WITH HPC POPS FOR THE EXTENDED WHICH FEATURE AVERAGE CHANCES FOR PRECIP OVER THE REGION BY THE END OF THE WEEK. ROSE && .AVIATION... MAIN AVN CONCERN WILL BE MVFR CIGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE STATE. WILL ALSO SEE SCT TS CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...SOME OF WHICH COULD PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS HAIL. GRADUALLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ON SUN. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR COZ072>089-093>099. && 28/44
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 710 AM MDT SAT AUG 16 2008 COZ058>089-093>099-171315- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 710 AM MDT SAT AUG 16 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY. THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE THE FLOOD POTENTIAL. IN MOST AREAS...THE MAIN PROBLEM WILL BE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. HOWEVER...A FEW AREAS COULD SEE TRUE FLASH FLOODING GIVEN THE ALREADY SATURATED SOILS AND THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE IN THE AIR. DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ON THE PLAINS COULD BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ELSEWHERE...THE MAIN THREATS FROM STORMS TODAY WILL BE HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER...HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...AND LIGHTNING. SOME WET SNOW CLOUD FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS IS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR ACROSS THE SAWATCH RANGE...THE MOSQUITO RANGE AND PIKES PEAK. HOWEVER...ALL OF THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE. ELEVATIONS ABOVE 11000 FEET COULD SEE A FEW INCHES OF WET SNOW ACCUMULATION BY SUNRISE SUNDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE THEN ANTICIPATED MONDAY WITH ISOLATED MAINLY MOUNTAIN THUNDERSTORM PROJECTED FROM TUESDAY INTO FRIDAY. THE PRIMARY METEOROLOGICAL THREATS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY BE NOTED OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE IN SOUTHERN COLORADO THROUGH TONIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
240 PM MDT SAT AUG 16 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0239 PM HAIL 1 NNW CENTER 37.76N 106.12W
08/16/2008 M1.00 INCH SAGUACHE CO PUBLIC
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MNPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
253 PM MDT SAT AUG 16 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0220 PM HAIL CENTER 37.75N 106.11W
08/16/2008 E1.75 INCH SAGUACHE CO PUBLIC
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
300 PM MDT SAT AUG 16 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0259 PM HAIL MOSCA 37.65N 105.88W
08/16/2008 M1.00 INCH ALAMOSA CO TRAINED SPOTTER
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MNThe Pueblo radar (KPUX), 165 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:24 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A brief tornado destroyed a mobile home in a rural area.
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