Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 23, 2009, 7:29 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 23, 2009, 7:29 PM MDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2009, 8:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 7:31 PM MDT | TORNADO | 4 N Bristol, CO | STARTED AT 727 PM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 494 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2643 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KPUB 240129 TORPUB COC061-099-240215- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0019.090724T0129Z-090724T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 729 PM MDT THU JUL 23 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 815 PM MDT * AT 728 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 9 MILES NORTH OF BRISTOL...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BRISTOL. HARTMAN. GRANADA. HOLLY. 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 3796 10205 3791 10241 3828 10246 3832 10219 TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 334DEG 21KT 3824 10231 $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KPUB 240143 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 743 PM MDT THU JUL 23 2009 COC061-099-240215- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-090724T0215Z/ PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO- 743 PM MDT THU JUL 23 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTIES... AT 740 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED NEAR BRISTOL...OR 20 MILES EAST OF LAMAR...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BRISTOL. HARTMAN. GRANADA. HOLLY. NO RECENT TORNADO REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...BUT THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A HOUSE IS IN A BASEMENT...UNDER STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...GO TO A NEARBY STURDY STRUCTURE AND GET IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF THERE IS NO STURDY STRUCTURE AVAILABLE...AS A LAST RESORT...GO TO A CULVERT...DITCH...OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3796 10205 3791 10241 3828 10246 3832 10219 TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 334DEG 21KT 3817 10227 $$
000 WWUS55 KPUB 240152 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 752 PM MDT THU JUL 23 2009 COC061-240202- /O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-090724T0215Z/ KIOWA CO- 752 PM MDT THU JUL 23 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY... HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING MAY STILL BE IN THE AREA. LAT...LON 3826 10217 3796 10205 3791 10241 3822 10245 TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 336DEG 19KT 3811 10223 $$ COC099-240215- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-090724T0215Z/ PROWERS CO- 752 PM MDT THU JUL 23 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY... AT 751 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED NEAR HARTMAN...OR 21 MILES EAST OF LAMAR...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HARTMAN. HOLLY. NO RECENT TORNADO REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...BUT THIS STORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AT ANY TIME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A HOUSE IS IN A BASEMENT...UNDER STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...GO TO A NEARBY STURDY STRUCTURE AND GET IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF THERE IS NO STURDY STRUCTURE AVAILABLE...AS A LAST RESORT...GO TO A CULVERT...DITCH...OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3826 10217 3796 10205 3791 10241 3822 10245 TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 336DEG 19KT 3811 10223 $$
000
WWUS55 KPUB 240202
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
802 PM MDT THU JUL 23 2009
COC099-240215-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-090724T0215Z/
PROWERS CO-
802 PM MDT THU JUL 23 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
PROWERS COUNTY...
AT 800 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED NEAR HOLLY...OR 23 MILES EAST OF
LAMAR...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED WILL BE HOLLY AND RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL
PROWERS COUNTY .
NO RECENT TORNADO REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...BUT THIS STORM IS
STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.
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 3823 10216 3796 10205 3791 10239 3803 10243
3818 10244
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 340DEG 19KT 3807 10219
$$000
WWUS55 KPUB 240214
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
814 PM MDT THU JUL 23 2009
COC099-240225-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-090724T0215Z/
PROWERS CO-
814 PM MDT THU JUL 23 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 815 PM
MDT...
LAT...LON 3823 10216 3796 10205 3791 10239 3803 10243
3818 10244
TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 340DEG 19KT 3800 10216
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 7:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 68 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.