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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 9, 2004Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2004, 6:26 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 94 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, 6:26 PM MDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2004, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Baca County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 188 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 223 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2004-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 804 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2004-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
804 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1073 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 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.

666 
WUUS55 KPUB 100026
SVRPUB
COC009-100200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 800 PM MDT

* AT 621 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER VILAS...
  AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  TWO BUTTES BY 735 PM MDT
  9 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALSH BY 740 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.

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 3757 10260 3734 10254 3738 10214 3761 10219

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 6:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBProwers3 hr
Jun 9, 8:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca63 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.