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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 11, 2009Crowley County, Otero County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2009, 5:08 PM MDT for Crowley County, Otero County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 67 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2009, 5:08 PM MDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2009, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 5:20 PM MDTHAIL 0.755 Wnw Fowler, CO
Jun 11, 5:30 PM MDTHAIL 1Fowler, CO
Jun 11, 6:15 PM MDTHAIL 11 W Rocky Ford, CO
Jun 11, 6:20 PM MDTHAIL 1.75Sugar City, CO
Jun 11, 6:25 PM MDTHAIL 0.88W Rocky Ford, CO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 2:00 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 205 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2009-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 116 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2009-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
116 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
697 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 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 
WUUS55 KPUB 112308
SVRPUB
COC025-089-101-120015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0021.090611T2308Z-090612T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
508 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  NORTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 615 PM MDT...

* AT 505 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF FOWLER...OR ABOUT 28 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF PUEBLO...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FOWLER.
  OLNEY SPRINGS.
  MANZANOLA.
  CROWLEY.
  SUGAR CITY.
  ROCKY FORD.
  ORDWAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF POSSIBLE...WITHOUT RISKING YOUR SAFETY...PROTECT PROPERTY BEFORE
THE WEATHER HITS. GET IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...OR A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE BEST
PROTECTION.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

&&

LAT...LON 3825 10363 3789 10365 3793 10436 3820 10436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 271DEG 14KT 3810 10415

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS55 KPUB 112327
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
527 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009

COC025-089-101-120015-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090612T0015Z/
OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO-PUEBLO CO-
527 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO...SOUTHERN CROWLEY AND NORTHWESTERN OTERO
COUNTIES...

AT 524 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS CENTERED NEAR FOWLER...OR
30 MILES WEST OF LA JUNTA...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FOWLER.
  OLNEY SPRINGS.
  MANZANOLA.
  CROWLEY.
  SUGAR CITY.
  ROCKY FORD.
  ORDWAY.

AT 520 PM A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER SAW PENNY SIZE HAIL 5 
MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF FOWLER.

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
PORTIONS OF CROWLEY AND PUEBLO COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM MDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF POSSIBLE...WITHOUT RISKING YOUR SAFETY...PROTECT PROPERTY BEFORE
THE WEATHER HITS. GET IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...OR A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE BEST
PROTECTION.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

&&

LAT...LON 3825 10363 3789 10365 3793 10436 3820 10436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 268DEG 15KT 3808 10408

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 2:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso41 min
Jun 11, 3:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo60 min
Jun 11, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo61 min
Jun 11, 5:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Pueblo87 min
Jun 11, 5:31 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBCrowley, Otero, Pueblo59 min
Jun 11, 5:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Kiowa62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.