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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 9, 2006Bent County, Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 2006, 5:29 PM MDT for Bent County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 61 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, 5:29 PM MDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2006, 6:30 PM MDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bent County, CO, Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS55 KPUB 092329
TORPUB
COC011-089-100030-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0012.060709T2329Z-060710T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT...

* AT 526 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 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  CHERAW...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA JUNTA...AND WAS MOVING TO THE
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAS ANIMAS.

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 3825 10350 3812 10354 3804 10323 3825 10315

$$

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 092343
SVSPUB

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

COC011-089-100030-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-060710T0030Z/
OTERO CO-BENT CO-
541 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BENT AND NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTIES...

AT 539 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION.  THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAS ANIMAS...OR 13 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LA JUNTA...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAS ANIMAS.
  FORT LYON.

AT 540 MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED STRONG ROTATION WITH THIS
STORM NEAR CHERAW. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AT 
ANY TIME. DO NOT WAIT TO SEEK SHELTER...TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY.

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 3823 10346 3810 10351 3797 10320 3821 10311

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 092359
SVSPUB

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

COC089-100009-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-060710T0030Z/
OTERO CO-
559 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR OTERO COUNTY...

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

LAT...LON 3823 10339 3807 10339 3796 10310 3823 10307

$$

COC011-100030-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-060710T0030Z/
BENT CO-
559 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BENT COUNTY...

AT 556 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
LAS ANIMAS...OR 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA JUNTA...AND WAS MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FORT LYON.

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.

LAT...LON 3823 10339 3807 10339 3796 10310 3823 10307

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 100012
SVSPUB

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

COC011-100030-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-060710T0030Z/
BENT CO-
612 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BENT COUNTY...

AT 609 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT LYON...
OR 26 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA JUNTA...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL BENT
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 3823 10339 3807 10339 3796 10310 3823 10307

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 8:12 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Custer, Pueblo	2 hr
Jul 9, 4:37 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	PUB	Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Costilla, Crowley and 11 more	18 hr
Jul 9, 12:38 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla	67 min
Jul 9, 1:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	45 min
Jul 9, 2:55 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Baca	6 hr
Jul 9, 4:34 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Pueblo	56 min
Jul 9, 5:00 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Pueblo	2 hr
Jul 9, 5:15 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Crowley	29 min
Jul 9, 5:23 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Pueblo	12 min
Jul 9, 5:55 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Otero	2 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.