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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 28, 2009El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 2009, 2:57 PM MDT for El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 46 min. 6 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 28, 2009, 2:57 PM MDT (20:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2009, 3:43 PM MDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties El Paso County, CO, Teller County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 28, 3:00 PM MDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 N Woodland Park, CO	SEVERAL TREES KNOCKED DOWN DUE TO STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
Jun 28, 3:04 PM MDT	HAIL 0.75	2 N Woodland Park, CO
Jun 28, 3:04 PM MDT	HAIL 1	2 N Woodland Park, CO
Jun 28, 3:09 PM MDT	HAIL 0.75	2 N Woodland Park, CO
Jun 28, 3:09 PM MDT	HAIL 1	2 N Divide, CO	2 NORTH INTERSECTION OF HWY 24 AND HWY 67
Jun 28, 3:45 PM MDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Woodland Park, CO	ONE FOOT DIAMETER PINE TREE SNAPPED OFF BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 186 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: 60 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -333 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1141 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS55 KPUB 282057
TORPUB
COC041-119-282200-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0016.090628T2057Z-090628T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
257 PM MDT SUN JUN 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
  NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
  THIS INCLUDES EXTREME NORTHWESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...

* UNTIL 400 PM MDT

* AT 257 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE STORM WHICH WAS RAPIDLY ROTATING AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOODLAND PARK...OR ABOUT 24 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE
  SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOODLAND PARK.
  GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS.
  DIVIDE.
  CRYSTOLA.
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3913 10517 3913 10500 3903 10481 3882 10519
      3911 10532 3914 10525
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 333DEG 5KT 3907 10516

$$

5 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 282101
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
301 PM MDT SUN JUN 28 2009

COC041-119-282200-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090628T2200Z/
TELLER CO-EL PASO CO-
301 PM MDT SUN JUN 28 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN EL PASO AND NORTH CENTRAL TELLER COUNTIES...

AT 300 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED NEAR
WOODLAND PARK...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND WAS
MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOODLAND PARK.
  CRYSTOLA.
  GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS.
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3906 10520 3907 10522 3913 10517 3913 10500
      3903 10481 3888 10507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 299DEG 17KT 3903 10506

$$
SR

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 282111
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
311 PM MDT SUN JUN 28 2009

COC041-119-282200-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090628T2200Z/
TELLER CO-EL PASO CO-
311 PM MDT SUN JUN 28 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN EL PASO AND NORTH CENTRAL TELLER COUNTIES...

AT 305 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED NEAR
WOODLAND PARK...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND WAS
MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOODLAND PARK.
  CRYSTOLA.
  GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS.
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS.

AT 302 PM MDT...A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER SAW 1 INCH 
DIAMETER HAIL 2 MILES NORTH OF HIGHWAY 24 AND HIGHWAY 67.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3906 10520 3907 10522 3913 10517 3913 10500
      3903 10481 3888 10507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 292DEG 19KT 3903 10505

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 282125
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
325 PM MDT SUN JUN 28 2009

COC041-119-282200-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090628T2200Z/
TELLER CO-EL PASO CO-
325 PM MDT SUN JUN 28 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN EL PASO AND NORTH CENTRAL TELLER COUNTIES...

AT 321 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED NEAR 
WOODLAND PARK...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO 
SPRINGS...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOODLAND PARK AND AREAS TO THE EAST OF WOODLAND PARK.
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS.

THERE HAS BEEN A HISTORY OF LARGE DAMAGING HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
WITH THIS STORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3906 10520 3907 10522 3913 10517 3913 10500
      3903 10481 3888 10507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 292DEG 19KT 3900 10496

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 282137
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
337 PM MDT SUN JUN 28 2009

COC041-119-282200-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090628T2200Z/
TELLER CO-EL PASO CO-
337 PM MDT SUN JUN 28 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN EL PASO AND NORTH CENTRAL TELLER COUNTIES...

AT 334 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED  
EAST OF WOODLAND PARK...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO 
SPRINGS...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOODLAND PARK.
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS.

AT 315 PM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT SAW A FUNNEL CLOUD DESCEND AND PULL 
BACK UP INTO THE CLOUDS ON HIGHWAY 24 ACROSS FROM SANTAS WORKSHOP.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3906 10520 3907 10522 3913 10517 3913 10500
      3903 10481 3888 10507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 293DEG 8KT 3899 10495

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 282143
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
343 PM MDT SUN JUN 28 2009

COC041-119-282150-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090628T2200Z/
TELLER CO-EL PASO CO-
343 PM MDT SUN JUN 28 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO
AND NORTH CENTRAL TELLER COUNTIES...

LARGE HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS 60 
MPH...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING ARE STILL IN THE 
AREA.

STORM ROTATION HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY.  BASED ON THIS AND SPOTTER 
REPORTS CONFIRMING A LACK OF ROTATION...THE STORM NO LONGER APPEARS 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.

LAT...LON 3906 10520 3907 10522 3913 10517 3913 10500
      3903 10481 3888 10507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 293DEG 8KT 3898 10493

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jun 28, 2:41 PM MDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 2:41 PM MDT, 16 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
241 PM MDT SUN JUN 28 2009

.SHORT TERM...
(TONIGHT AND MONDAY)

...MORE AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS
AND ADJACENT PLAINS...

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS
AFTERNOON...DISSIPATING AS THEY MOVE OUT ACROSS THE PLAINS.
ONE STRONG STORM NEAR WALSENBURG EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCED PEA
SIZE HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN (.21 INCHES) AND GUSTY WINDS.  THIS
CELL HAD A 55 DBZ CORE TO 25K AGL...VILS TO 44 KG/M2 AND LIMITED
ROTATION IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE STORM.  THERE WAS ANOTHER STORM
NEAR VILLA GROVE AROUND THE SAME TIME THAT WAS OF SIMILAR
PROPORTION.  ADDITIONAL SIMILAR STORMS ARE DRIFTING SOUTHEAST INTO
THE HAYMAN SCAR AND ALSO TRACKING EAST ACROSS SAGUACHE AT THE
PRESENT TIME.  BASED ON LIMITED CORE HEIGHTS...LIMITED
ROTATION...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND DECREASING CAPES AS YOU HEAD EAST
ACROSS THE PLAINS...WOULD EXPECT PRIMARY STORM THREATS THIS EVENING
WILL BE LIGHTNING...HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER...LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL...AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH.

ONE AREA TO MONITOR FOR POSSIBLY MORE WIDESPREAD...INTENSE ACTIVITY
THIS EVENING WOULD BE ACROSS TELLER AND EL PASO COUNTIES...POSSIBLY
DRIFTING INTO THE NORTHERN REACHES OF PUEBLO AND FREMONT COUNTIES.
THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR.  MODELS INDICATE THE
CONVECTION IN THESE AREAS WILL BE A LITTLE MORE WIDESPREAD AND A
LITTLE MORE INTENSE.  LIGHTNING AND RAINFALL COULD BE A LITTLE MORE
WIDESPREAD.  WIND GUSTS COULD PEAK CLOSER TO 50 MPH AND HAIL COULD
BE UP TO ABOUT PENNY SIZE.  BASED ON RECENT RADAR TRENDS...COULD END
UP NEEDING A FLOOD ADVISORY OR BETTER ACROSS THE HAYMAN SCAR IN THE
NEXT COUPLE HOURS.  MONITORING.

TOMORROW...REALLY NOT MUCH CHANGE.  THE ATMOSPHERE AND SYNOPTIC
PATTERN LOOKS PRETTY SIMILAR TO TODAY.  SO...ONCE AGAIN WE SHOULD
SEE STORMS DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND
THEN WORK A LITTLE WAYS EAST ONTO THE PLAINS.  AGAIN...NO BIG
TRIGGERS EVIDENT...NOR A LOT OF SHEAR...SO ANY SEVERE THREAT LOOKS
PRETTY MARGINAL.  PRIMARY THREATS WILL LIKELY BE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF
TODAY. LW

.LONG TERM...

(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)

NO BIG CHANGES IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST. AN UPPER RIDGE WILL PERSIST
OVR THE 4 CORNERS REGION THROUGH MID WEEK...THEN SHIFT SLOWLY EWD TOWARD
THE END OF THE WEEK AS A RELATIVELY DEEP PACIFIC TROUGH MOVES INTO
THE PACNW. TEMPS SHOULD REMAIN ABOUT 5 DEG ABOVE AVG THRU WED...WITH
SOME UPPER 90S POSSIBLE OVR THE PLAINS. SVR PARAMETERS LOOK PRETTY WEAK
THROUGH AT LEAST THE NEXT FEW DAYS...SO AM NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN
THE WAY OF STRONG CONVECTION...JUST MORE DIURNAL STORMS THRU THE
PERIOD. MAY SEE AN UPSWING IN STRONGER CONVECTION BY THE WEEKEND
AS A COUPLE SHORT WAVES MOVE THROUGH IN NW FLOW LOFT. THU AND
ESPECIALLY FRI LOOK SLIGHTLY COOLER WITH BETTER CHANCE FOR
WIDESPREAD PRECIP. A DRYER WARMER PERIOD IS THEN EXPECTED FOR
A COUPLE DAYS EITHER LATE IN THE WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS
SWRLY FLOW STRENGTHENS AHEAD OF THE PACIFIC SYSTEM. ROSE

&&

.AVIATION...

AVIATION CONCERNS CONTINUE TO CENTER AROUND AFTERNOON AND EVENING
CONVECTION PRODUCING LOCAL IFR/MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS ALONG WITH
LIGHTNING...PEA TO PENNY SIZE HAIL HAZARD...ERRATIC WIND GUST THREAT
TO 40 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.  THIS EVENINGS CONVECTION
SHOULD WIND DOWN 03-04Z.  ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
START UP AGAIN OVER THE MOUNTAINS AFTER 11 AM MONDAY...AND THEN WORK
OUT ONTO THE ADJACENT PLAINS BEGINNING AFTER 1 PM. LW

&&

.PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

50/44

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 6:49 AM MDT, 8 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
649 AM MDT SUN JUN 28 2009

COZ058>089-093>099-291300-
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-
649 AM MDT SUN JUN 28 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 ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY FROM
LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THE
STORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS OVER
TELLER AND EL PASO COUNTIES WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO
1 INCH IN DIAMETER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
ARE ANTICIPATED EACH DAY. THE PRIMARY METEOROLOGICAL THREATS FROM
THESE STORMS WILL BE HAZARDOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. IN ADDITION...SOME OF
THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THREE
QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS MEETING REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 12:41 PM MDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1241 PM MDT SUN JUN 28 2009

COZ079-087-281915-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-WET
MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
1241 PM MDT SUN JUN 28 2009

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

AT 1237 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FARISITA...OR 44 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WALSENBURG.

LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...AND HAIL UP TO PENNY
SIZE 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, Jun 28, 2:36 PM MDT, 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
236 PM MDT SUN JUN 28 2009

COZ081-282100-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND
11000 FT-
236 PM MDT SUN JUN 28 2009

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...

  NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

AT 234 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF FLORISSANT...OR 28 MILES
NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST
AT 5 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FLORISSANT.

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.

SR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 8:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Custer	2 hr
Jun 28, 2:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Teller	57 min
Jun 28, 3:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Teller	58 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.