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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 19, 2008Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2008, 3:18 PM MDT for Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 57 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 19, 2008, 3:18 PM MDT (21:18 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2008, 4:15 PM MDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 19, 12:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 225 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: 128 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -497 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 800 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS55 KPUB 192118
TORPUB
COC009-071-192215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0006.080619T2118Z-080619T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
318 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 415 PM MDT...

* AT 314 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE STORM WHICH WAS RAPIDLY ROTATING AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO 19 MILES WEST OF CAMPO...OR ABOUT 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  SPRINGFIELD...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 33 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CAMPO.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3710 10312 3724 10292 3717 10245 3699 10218
      3698 10219 3699 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 344DEG 29KT 3709 10290

$$
ROSE

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 192126
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
326 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008

COC009-071-192215-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080619T2215Z/
BACA CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-
326 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT FOR EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHWESTERN BACA COUNTIES...

AT 319 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS CENTERED 18 MILES WEST OF
CAMPO...OR 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD 
THE SOUTH AT 33 MPH. LARGE HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE CAN ALSO
BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3710 10312 3724 10292 3717 10245 3699 10218
      3698 10219 3699 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 344DEG 29KT 3703 10288

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 192133
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
333 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008

COC009-071-192215-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080619T2215Z/
BACA CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-
332 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT FOR EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHWESTERN BACA COUNTIES...

AT 328 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS CENTERED 17 MILES WEST OF
CAMPO...OR 31 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD
THE SOUTH AT 33 MPH.

AT 324 PM...LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SPRINGFIELD.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3710 10312 3724 10292 3717 10245 3699 10218
      3698 10219 3699 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 344DEG 29KT 3698 10286

$$
ROSE

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 192141
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
341 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008

COC009-071-192215-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080619T2215Z/
BACA CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-
341 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT FOR EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHWESTERN BACA COUNTIES...

AT 437 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 14
MILES WEST OF CAMPO. A TORNADO COULD TOUCH DOWN AT ANY TIME. THIS 
SEVERE STORM WAS CENTERED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMPO...OR 35 MILES 
SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 33 MPH.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3710 10312 3724 10292 3717 10245 3699 10218
      3698 10219 3699 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 344DEG 29KT 3691 10283

$$
ROSE

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 192159
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
359 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008

COC009-071-192215-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080619T2215Z/
BACA CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-
358 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT FOR EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHWESTERN BACA COUNTIES...

AT 355 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS CONTINNUE TO REPORT FUNNEL 
CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS CENTERED 24 
MILES WEST OF CAMPO...OR 43 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD...AND WAS 
NEARLY STATIONARY.

NO TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED YET...BUT THIS STORM IS STILL ROTATING  
AND COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3710 10312 3724 10292 3717 10245 3699 10218
      3698 10219 3699 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 344DEG 29KT 3678 10278

$$
ROSE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 6:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	40 min
Jun 18, 6:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Prowers	41 min
Jun 19, 12:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo	66 min
Jun 19, 1:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	55 min
Jun 19, 2:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	43 min
Jun 19, 2:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	54 min
Jun 19, 3:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	59 min
Jun 19, 3:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo	66 min
Jun 19, 3:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	65 min
Jun 19, 3:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	51 min
Jun 19, 4:14 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	106 min
Jun 19, 4:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	89 min
Jun 19, 4:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	45 min
Jun 19, 4:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Otero	29 min
Jun 19, 5:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	33 min

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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.