Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 29, 2009, 4:59 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 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 29, 2009, 4:59 PM MDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2009, 5:26 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Baca County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 12:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 787 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KPUB 292259 TORPUB COC009-300000- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0022.090729T2259Z-090730T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 459 PM MDT WED JUL 29 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... THIS INCLUDES SPRINGFIELD... * UNTIL 600 PM MDT * AT 457 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM WHICH WAS RAPIDLY ROTATING AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PRITCHETT...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD... WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PRITCHETT. 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. && LAT...LON 3737 10221 3713 10235 3739 10299 3756 10290 TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 001DEG 13KT 3744 10284 $$
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS55 KPUB 292312
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
512 PM MDT WED JUL 29 2009
COC009-300000-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-090730T0000Z/
BACA CO-
512 PM MDT WED JUL 29 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
BACA COUNTY...
AT 510 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PRITCHETT...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...AND
WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OPEN COUNTRY SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD AND CAMPO.
WALSH.
AT 457 PM A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER SAW A TORNADO WEST
PRITCHETT WHICH DISSIPATED. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF TORNADOES
SINCE THAT TORNADO DISSIPATED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A HOUSE IS IN A BASEMENT...UNDER STURDY
FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN
AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR
BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM
FLYING DEBRIS. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...GO TO A
NEARBY STURDY STRUCTURE AND GET IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF THERE IS NO STURDY
STRUCTURE AVAILABLE...AS A LAST RESORT...GO TO A CULVERT...DITCH...OR
OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
&&
LAT...LON 3737 10294 3750 10272 3737 10221 3713 10235
3735 10288
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 337DEG 25KT 3732 10275
$$000
WWUS55 KPUB 292326 RRA
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
526 PM MDT WED JUL 29 2009
COC009-292335-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-090730T0000Z/
BACA CO-
526 PM MDT WED JUL 29 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL BACA COUNTY...
HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING MAY STILL BE IN THE AREA.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
SOUTHERN BACA COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM MDT...WHICH WILL PRODUCE VERY
LARGE DAMAGING HAIL.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3737 10294 3750 10272 3737 10221 3713 10235
3735 10288
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 337DEG 25KT 3723 10270
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 6:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 63 min |
| Jul 29, 12:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 27 min |
| Jul 29, 12:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 63 min |
| Jul 29, 1:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 23 min |
| Jul 29, 1:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 65 min |
| Jul 29, 2:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 66 min |
| Jul 29, 2:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 57 min |
| Jul 29, 2:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 58 min |
| Jul 29, 3:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 60 min |
| Jul 29, 3:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 66 min |
| Jul 29, 4:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 23 min |
| Jul 29, 4:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 65 min |
| Jul 29, 4:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 65 min |
| Jul 29, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 60 min |
| Jul 29, 4:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 54 min |
| Jul 29, 4:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 66 min |
| Jul 29, 5:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 64 min |
| Jul 29, 5:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 39 min |
| Jul 29, 5:24 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 5:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 3 hr |
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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.