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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 26, 2006Alamosa County, Costilla County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2006, 3:20 PM MDT for Alamosa County, Costilla County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 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 26, 2006, 3:20 PM MDT (21:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2006, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Alamosa County, CO, Costilla County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 278 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2006-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 30 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2006-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 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
30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-204 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1258 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 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 262121
TORPUB
COC003-023-262145-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0005.060626T2120Z-060626T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
320 PM MDT MON JUN 26 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ALAMOSA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...
  WESTERN COSTILLA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 345 PM MDT...

* AT 316 PM MDT...TORNADOES WERE REPORTED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF      
  ALAMOSA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THE TORNADOES WERE SOUTH OF
  HIGHWAY 160. 2 TORNADOES WERE REPORTED ON THE GROUND.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BLANCA.
  SAN LUIS.

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 3759 10561 3751 10577 3712 10558 3722 10529

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS55 KPUB 262126
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
326 PM MDT MON JUN 26 2006

COC003-023-262145-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060626T2145Z/
COSTILLA CO-ALAMOSA CO-
326 PM MDT MON JUN 26 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ALAMOSA AND WESTERN COSTILLA COUNTIES...

AT 324 PM MDT...A TORNADO WAS STILL OCCURRING.  THIS TORNADO WAS 
LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLANCA...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
ALAMOSA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SAN LUIS.
  SAN ACACIO.

LAT...LON 3759 10561 3751 10577 3712 10558 3722 10529

$$
000 
WWUS55 KPUB 262130
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
329 PM MDT MON JUN 26 2006

COC003-023-262145-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060626T2145Z/
COSTILLA CO-ALAMOSA CO-
329 PM MDT MON JUN 26 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ALAMOSA AND WESTERN COSTILLA COUNTIES...

AT 324 PM MDT...SPOTTERS CONTINUE TO TRACK TORNADOES IN THE SAN LUIS 
VALLEY. TWO TORNADO WERE OBSERVED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF MILE 
MARKER 242 ON HIGHWAY 160. 3 OTHER FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE ALSO REPORTED 
WITH THIS STORM. 

SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SAN LUIS.
  SAN ACACIO.

LAT...LON 3759 10561 3751 10577 3712 10558 3722 10529

$$
000 
WWUS55 KPUB 262137
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
336 PM MDT MON JUN 26 2006

COC003-023-262146-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060626T2145Z/
COSTILLA CO-ALAMOSA CO-
336 PM MDT MON JUN 26 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALAMOSA AND WESTERN COSTILLA 
COUNTIES CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM...AND MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED...

A TORNADO CONTINUES ABOUT 15 TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALAMOSA. THE 
TORNADO IS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

LAT...LON 3759 10561 3751 10577 3712 10558 3722 10529

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 6:43 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBPueblo6 hr
Jun 26, 4:25 AM MDTRed Flag WarningPUBChaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache16 hr
Jun 26, 3:42 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBCostilla19 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.