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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 2006, 12:38 PM MDT for Alamosa County, Conejos County, Costilla County, Colorado. It was in force for 67 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, 12:38 PM MDT (18:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2006, 1:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 188 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 268 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
- 142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1316 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 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 091840 TORPUB COC003-021-023-091945- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0008.060709T1838Z-060709T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1238 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN ALAMOSA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ALAMOSA... NORTHEASTERN CONEJOS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO... WEST CENTRAL COSTILLA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 145 PM MDT... * AT 1237 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF SANFORD...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF ALAMOSA...AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ALAMOSA. 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 3742 10603 3722 10593 3728 10545 3758 10575 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KPUB 091854 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1250 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 COC003-021-023-091945- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060709T1945Z/ COSTILLA CO-ALAMOSA CO-CONEJOS CO- 1250 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN CONEJOS...SOUTHERN ALAMOSA AND WEST CENTRAL COSTILLA COUNTIES... AT 1250 PM MDT...THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS IN THE VICINITY OF CAPULIN AND AREAS JUST SOUTH OF ALAMOSA. AT LEAST ONE OF THESE FUNNELS HAS TOUCHED DOWN. THIS TORNADO IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LINE OF STORMS LOCATED SOUTH OF ALAMOSA...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALAMOSA COUNTY AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL COSTILLA COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN A VEHICLE IN A RURAL AREA...AND THE TORNADO IS AT A DISTANCE...YOU MAY BE ABLE TO DRIVE OUT OF ITS PATH. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...GET OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A CULVERT...DITCH...OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3742 10603 3722 10593 3728 10545 3758 10575 $$
000 WWUS55 KPUB 091937 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 137 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 COC003-021-023-091947- /O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060709T1945Z/ COSTILLA CO-ALAMOSA CO-CONEJOS CO- 137 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CONEJOS...SOUTHERN ALAMOSA AND WEST CENTRAL COSTILLA COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 145 PM MDT... LAT...LON 3742 10603 3722 10593 3728 10545 3758 10575 $$
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, 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, 5:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 61 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.