Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 6:43 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:25 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 16 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Costilla | 19 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 2006Every tornado warning in 2006Tornadoes in 2006
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.