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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 9, 2004Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2004, 2:14 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 91 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
Jun 9, 2004, 2:14 PM MDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2004, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 9, 1:40 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 281 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2004-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2004-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-342 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1625 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

529 
WUUS55 KPUB 092014
SVRPUB
COC071-092145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
212 PM MDT WED JUN 9 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 345 PM MDT

* AT 208 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
  GOLF BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER AGUILAR...AND WAS
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF TYRONE BY 255 PM MDT
  THATCHER BY 320 PM MDT

AT 203 PM A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER SAW HAIL AROUND THE 
SIZE OF QUARTERS IN AGUILAR.

IF POSSIBLE...WITHOUT RISKING YOUR SAFETY...PROTECT PROPERTY BEFORE 
THE WEATHER HITS. GET IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...OR A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE BEST 
PROTECTION.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. THIS IS A
DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM WHICH COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY AND PRODUCE A
TORNADO WITH LITTLE WARNING GET IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...OR A BASEMENT CAN
OFFER THE BEST PROTECTION.

LAT...LON 3744 10470 3729 10458 3739 10398 3773 10407
          3776 10417

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas61 min
Jun 9, 1:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas59 min
Jun 9, 3:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero54 min
Jun 9, 3:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley52 min
Jun 9, 4:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers86 min
Jun 9, 4:27 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBTeller3 hr
Jun 9, 5:39 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBProwers66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.