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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 9, 2004Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2004, 4:19 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 86 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, 4:19 PM MDT (22:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2004, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 184 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.

080 
WUUS55 KPUB 092219
SVRPUB
COC061-099-092345-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
  PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 545 PM MDT

* AT 416 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES EAST OF QUEENS RESERVOIR...AND WAS
  MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHIVINGTON BY 505 PM MDT
  QUEENS RESERVOIR BY 510 PM MDT
  NEE NOSHE RESERVOIR BY 525 PM MDT
  SWEETWATER RESERVOIR BY 545 PM MDT

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.

LAT...LON 3814 10237 3830 10227 3862 10248 3840 10288

$$

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, 2:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas91 min
Jun 9, 3:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero54 min
Jun 9, 3:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley52 min
Jun 9, 4:27 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBTeller3 hr
Jun 9, 5:39 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBProwers66 min

Nearby

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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.