Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 18, 2009, 1:24 PM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 66 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
- Aug 18, 2009, 1:24 PM MDT (19:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2009, 2:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 12:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 265 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
- 498 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1071 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KPUB 181924 TORPUB COC055-071-089-101-182030- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0023.090818T1924Z-090818T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 124 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 230 PM MDT * AT 123 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM WHICH WAS RAPIDLY ROTATING AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 25 MILES WEST OF THATCHER...OR ABOUT 26 MILES NORTH OF TRINIDAD...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... THATCHER. 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 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. && LAT...LON 3782 10411 3749 10399 3742 10454 3759 10463 TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 246DEG 15KT 3754 10449 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KPUB 181944 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 144 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2009 181952- /O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-090818T2030Z/ 144 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR... HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING MAY STILL BE IN THE AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3747 10448 3762 10457 3782 10411 3749 10399 TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 246DEG 15KT 3759 10440 $$ COC055-071-101-182030- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-090818T2030Z/ HUERFANO CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-PUEBLO CO- 144 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM MDT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO...NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND EAST CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTIES... AT 141 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 21 MILES WEST OF THATCHER...OR 30 MILES NORTH OF TRINIDAD...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... THATCHER. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN HUERFANO AND NORTHERN CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM MDT. 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 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. && LAT...LON 3747 10448 3762 10457 3782 10411 3749 10399 TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 246DEG 15KT 3759 10440 $$
000 WWUS55 KPUB 181956 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 156 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2009 COC055-071-101-182004- /O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-090818T2030Z/ HUERFANO CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-PUEBLO CO- 156 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO...NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND EAST CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTIES... HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING MAY STILL BE IN THE AREA. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN HUERFANO...NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHEAST PUEBLO COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM MDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3747 10448 3762 10457 3782 10411 3749 10399 TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 246DEG 15KT 3761 10434 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 6:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 67 min |
| Aug 17, 7:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 51 min |
| Aug 17, 8:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 56 min |
| Aug 17, 8:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Aug 17, 9:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 9:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 40 min |
| Aug 17, 9:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont, Teller | 60 min |
| Aug 17, 10:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 55 min |
| Aug 17, 11:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 57 min |
| Aug 18, 2:06 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 12:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo | 60 min |
| Aug 18, 1:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Teller | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 1:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 66 min |
| Aug 18, 2:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo | 59 min |
| Aug 18, 2:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Pueblo | 59 min |
| Aug 18, 2:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 64 min |
| Aug 18, 2:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 53 min |
| Aug 18, 2:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 61 min |
| Aug 18, 2:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 61 min |
| Aug 18, 3:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo | 95 min |
| Aug 18, 3:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers, Pueblo | 91 min |
| Aug 18, 4:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 43 min |
| Aug 18, 4:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 84 min |
| Aug 18, 5:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas | 34 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 2009Every tornado warning in 2009Tornadoes in 2009
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.