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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 9, 2006Crowley County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 2006, 5:15 PM MDT for Crowley County, Colorado. It was in force for 29 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
Jul 9, 2006, 5:15 PM MDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2006, 5:44 PM MDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Crowley County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 2006-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 85 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2006-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
85 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 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.

000 
WFUS55 KPUB 092315
TORPUB
COC025-100015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0010.060709T2315Z-060710T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
515 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 615 PM MDT...

* AT 513 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE STORM WHICH WAS RAPIDLY ROTATING AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SUGAR
  CITY...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF LA JUNTA...AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST
  AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY
  COUNTY.

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.

LAT...LON 3829 10374 3815 10371 3817 10350 3839 10351

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS55 KPUB 092327
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
527 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006

COC025-100015-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-060710T0015Z/
CROWLEY CO-
527 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL CROWLEY COUNTY...

AT 526 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION.  THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF SUGAR CITY...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF
LA JUNTA...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
CROWLEY COUNTY.

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.

LAT...LON 3829 10374 3815 10371 3817 10350 3839 10351

$$
000 
WWUS55 KPUB 092344
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
544 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006

COC025-092354-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-060710T0015Z/
CROWLEY CO-
544 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL CROWLEY
COUNTY...

THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING
MAY STILL BE IN THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3829 10374 3815 10371 3817 10350 3839 10351

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 8:12 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCuster, Pueblo2 hr
Jul 9, 4:37 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchPUBAlamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Costilla, Crowley and 11 more18 hr
Jul 9, 12:38 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBAlamosa, Conejos, Costilla67 min
Jul 9, 1:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca45 min
Jul 9, 2:55 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBBaca6 hr
Jul 9, 4:34 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBPueblo56 min
Jul 9, 5:00 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBPueblo2 hr
Jul 9, 5:23 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBPueblo12 min
Jul 9, 5:29 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent, Otero61 min
Jul 9, 5:55 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Otero2 hr

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.