Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2009, 1:44 PM MDT for Saguache County, Colorado. It was in force for 61 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 12, 2009, 1:44 PM MDT (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2009, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -440 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1855 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS55 KPUB 121944 SVRPUB COC109-122045- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0071.090712T1944Z-090712T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 144 PM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL SAGUACHE COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 245 PM MDT... * AT 144 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF SAGUACHE...OR ABOUT 47 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUNNISON... AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SAGUACHE. 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. && LAT...LON 3820 10602 3793 10596 3791 10649 3809 10652 TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 261DEG 11KT 3801 10639 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KPUB 121958 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 158 PM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009 COC109-122045- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-090712T2045Z/ SAGUACHE CO- 158 PM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL SAGUACHE COUNTY... AT 158 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS CENTERED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAGUACHE...OR 46 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALAMOSA...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SAGUACHE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF POSSIBLE...WITHOUT RISKING YOUR SAFETY...PROTECT PROPERTY BEFORE THE WEATHER HITS. GET IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...OR A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE BEST PROTECTION. && LAT...LON 3820 10602 3793 10596 3791 10649 3809 10652 TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 261DEG 11KT 3802 10633 $$
000 WWUS55 KPUB 122024 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 224 PM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009 COC109-122045- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-090712T2045Z/ SAGUACHE CO- 224 PM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL SAGUACHE COUNTY... AT 223 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS CENTERED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAGUACHE...OR 44 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALAMOSA...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SAGUACHE. 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. && LAT...LON 3820 10602 3793 10596 3791 10649 3809 10652 TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 265DEG 9KT 3802 10626 $$
000 WWUS55 KPUB 122036 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 236 PM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009 COC109-122045- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-090712T2045Z/ SAGUACHE CO- 236 PM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL SAGUACHE COUNTY... AT 235 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS CENTERED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAGUACHE...OR 44 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALAMOSA...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SAGUACHE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF POSSIBLE...WITHOUT RISKING YOUR SAFETY...PROTECT PROPERTY BEFORE THE WEATHER HITS. GET IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...OR A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE BEST PROTECTION. && LAT...LON 3820 10602 3793 10596 3791 10649 3809 10652 TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 259DEG 10KT 3803 10623 $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 12, 3:51 AM MDT, 9 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 3:51 AM MDT, 9 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 351 AM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009 .SHORT TERM... (TODAY AND TONIGHT) MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE TODAY WILL BE HOW FAR NORTH FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LIFT AND CORRESPONDING POPS/POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY...MCS HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL COLORADO EARLIER TONIGHT AND HAS PUSHED EASTWARD INTO KANSAS. THIS HAS DRIVEN THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY BACK SOUTHWARD INTO SE CO WITH DEW POINTS CLIMBING BACK INTO THE 50S TO AROUND 60 NEAR THE CO/KS BORDER. ALREADY NAM12...WHICH IS SUFFERING FROM CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK IS TOO HIGH WITH THE DEW POINTS VERIFYING THUS FAR...AND THEREFORE IS LIKELY TOO HIGH AGAIN WITH FORECAST DEW POINTS THIS AFTERNOON. ALOFT...MOISTURE PLUME EXTENDS FROM THE FOUR CORNERS REGION ACROSS NRN/CEN CO. AT LEAST ONE SHORTWAVE IS EVIDENT IN THE PLUME ACROSS SW CO...WHICH IS HELPING TO KEEP SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS GOING ACROSS WRN/NRN PORTIONS OF THE FCST AREA AT THIS EARLY HOUR. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE IS EVIDENT IN THE DRIER AIRMASS TO THE SOUTH...ENTERING CEN NM. BOTH OF THESE SHORTWAVES WILL BE TRACKING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE FCST AREA TODAY...BRINGING AN EARLIER START TO CONVECTION TODAY. FOR THIS AFTERNOON...FRONT IS FORECAST TO LIFT BACK NORTHWARD AS LOW LVL MOISTURE GETS SCOURED OUT IN SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW. MODEL CONSENSUS IS THAT FRONT WILL PROBABLY BE POSITIONED ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE EASTWARD ACROSS KIOWA COUNTY BY LATE AFTERNOON. NORTH OF THIS BOUNDARY...DEW POINTS IN THE 50S TO NEAR 60 BY THE CO/KS BORDER SHOULD YIELD CAPE VALUES OF 1500+ J/KG. DEEP LAYER SHEARS ARE SIMILAR TO YESTERDAYS VALUES RANGING FROM 20 TO 35 KTS...WITH HIGHEST VALUES ACROSS THE NORTH. PRIMARY STORM MODE TODAY WILL LIKELY BE MULTICELLS...THOUGH AN ISOLATED SUPERCELL ALONG/NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY WILL BE POSSIBLE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. SOUTH OF THE FRONT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE OF THE HIGH BASED VARIETY...WITH GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE ALONG WITH LIGHTNING...BUT ONLY LIGHT RAINFALL AMOUNTS. MOUNTAIN AREAS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ARE IN BETTER PROXIMITY TO DEEPER MOISTURE/SHORTWAVE ENERGY...SO WILL SEE SLIGHTLY BETTER COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS (SCT CATEGORY) WITH SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL UNDER THE HEAVIER STORMS. OVERALL...NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE IN THE FCST FROM YESTERDAY. MAX TEMPS WILL TOP OUT AROUND 100 FOR THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS SOUTH OF THE FRONT...WITH 70S/80S FOR MOST OF THE MOUNTAIN/VALLEY LOCATIONS...WITH 50S/60S ABOVE TIMBERLINE. IN FACT...FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS MAY EXPERIENCE A FEW HOURS OF CRITICAL TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AS SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASE WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH AND HUMIDITIES FALLING BELOW 15%. WITH MAJORITY OF FUELS STILL CONSIDERED TOO GREEN TO CARRY HIGH RISK OF FIRE SPREAD...WILL REFRAIN FROM ANY FIRE WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS. AS THE HEAT CONTINUES...FUEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SE CORNER OF THE STATE WILL CONTINUE TO DRY OUT AND THIS MAY BECOME AN INCREASING CONCERN. CONVECTION WILL ONCE AGAIN CONGEAL INTO AN MCS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL CO TONIGHT WITH THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS AIDING IN SURGING THE FRONT BACK SOUTHWARD INTO SE CO. -KT .LONG TERM... (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) UPPER LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS MT AND INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS CAUSES RIDGE AXIS TO BE FLATTENED OVER CENTRAL ROCKIES. ASSOCIATED SURFACE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE CWA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MODELS DISPLAYING SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE TIMING DETAILS OF THE FROPA. BOTH GFS AND ECMWF SHOW LITTLE IN THE WAY OF DYNAMICS OR MOISTURE WITH THE FROPA...WHILE NAM IS BIT MORE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. HAVE KEPT JUST LOW POPS IN... BEST LIFT REMAINS WELL NORTH OF THE CWA AND ZONAL FLOW PUSHES SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE OFF TO OUR SOUTHEAST. ZONAL FLOW CONTINUES ON WEDNESDAY WITH TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN TEMPS OF LATE. RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE WESTERN U.S. WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY LEAVING CWA IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. A WEAK DISTURBANCE IS ADVERTISED BY THE GFS FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON. FOR NOW...TIMING OF THE WAVE IS DIFFICULT AS IS POTENTIAL MOISTURE RETURN IN THE FAR EASTERN PORTION OF THE CWA...SO KEPT LOW POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR THIS PERIOD. PREVIOUS FORECAST HAD THINGS WELL HANDLED...SO MADE ONLY MINOR CHANGES. TEMPERATURES MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL REMAIN IN THE 90S TO LOW 100S ON THE PLAINS WITH 70S AND 80S IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER ELEVATION VALLEYS. TEMPERATURES COOL SLIGHTLY FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD WITH HIGHS ABOUT 5 DEGREES COOLER. THE RIDGE IS FORECAST TO REBUILD BY WEEKS END SO COULD SEE A RETURN TO WARMER CONDITIONS. STARK && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT TAF SITES TODAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED -TSRA EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GREATEST COVERAGE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND PALMER DIVIDE. KCOS IS THE MOST LIKELY TAF SITE TO BE AFFECTED WITH -TSRA LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH LOCALIZED GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. THINK BEST THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL STAY TO THE NORTH OF KCOS. ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE HIGH BASED WITH LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...BRIEF LIGHT RAINFALL...AND LIGHTNING THE MAIN THREATS. FRONT WILL DROP BACK INTO SE COLORADO THIS EVENING...AIDED BY THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS. THIS MAY BRING ANOTHER PERIOD OF GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO THE KCOS AND KPUB TAF SITES DURING THE EVENING. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 31/40
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 6:45 AM MDT, 6 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 645 AM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009 COZ058>089-093>099-131300- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 645 AM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS BY LATE MORNING...THEN DRIFT OFF INTO THE ADJACENT PLAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON. ONE OR TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO AND KIOWA COUNTIES. THE MAIN THREAT WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL UP TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ELSEWHERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF LIGHT RAINFALL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE FOR MOST AREAS AFTER SUNSET...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO PAST MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL AROUND AN INCH IN DIAMETER AS WELL AS WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO...AND KIOWA COUNTIES. STARK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 12:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1220 PM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009 COZ060-064>066-069-121845- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT-SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- 1220 PM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... CENTRAL SAGUACHE COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO AT 1219 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PASS...OR 41 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUNNISON...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SAGUACHE. BONANZA. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 1:37 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 137 PM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009 COZ065-066-069-122000- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- 137 PM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... CENTRAL SAGUACHE COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO AT 135 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PASS...OR 46 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUNNISON...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 5 MPH. THE STRONG STORM WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL SAGUACHE COUNTY. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 63 min |
| Jul 12, 2:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Saguache | 62 min |
| Jul 12, 2:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 51 min |
| Jul 12, 3:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 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.