WFUS55 KPUB 232220
TORPUB
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
420 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 515 PM MDT...

* AT 418 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE STORM WHICH WAS RAPIDLY ROTATING AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO NEAR CHIVINGTON...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...AND
  WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BRANDON.
  SHERIDAN LAKE.
  TOWNER.

DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A HOUSE IS IN A BASEMENT...UNDER STURDY
FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN
AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR
BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM
FLYING DEBRIS. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...GO TO A
NEARBY STURDY STRUCTURE AND GET IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF THERE IS NO STURDY
STRUCTURE AVAILABLE...AS A LAST RESORT...GO TO A CULVERT...DITCH...OR
OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3828 10251 3844 10261 3862 10262 3862 10217
      3863 10216 3863 10206 3861 10204 3855 10204
      3854 10203 3837 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 245DEG 21KT 3840 10245

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