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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Sep 3, 2009, 3:35 PM MDT for Crowley County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 20 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
- Sep 3, 2009, 3:35 PM MDT (21:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2009, 3:55 PM MDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -334 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2355 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 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 032135 TORPUB COC025-089-032200- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0026.090903T2135Z-090903T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 335 PM MDT THU SEP 3 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... THIS INCLUDES LA JUNTA... * UNTIL 400 PM MDT * AT 334 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHERAW...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SWINK. LA JUNTA. CHERAW. 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 3800 10341 3792 10370 3819 10374 3822 10356 TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 341DEG 11KT 3817 10365 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KPUB 032138 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 338 PM MDT THU SEP 3 2009 COC025-089-032200- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-090903T2200Z/ OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO- 338 PM MDT THU SEP 3 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY AND NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTIES... AT 338 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHERAW...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH. THIS TORNADO IS BEING REPORTED BY MULTIPLE SOURCES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SWINK. LA JUNTA. CHERAW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A HOUSE IS IN A BASEMENT...UNDER STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...GO TO A NEARBY STURDY STRUCTURE AND GET IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF THERE IS NO STURDY STRUCTURE AVAILABLE...AS A LAST RESORT...GO TO A CULVERT...DITCH...OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3800 10341 3792 10370 3819 10374 3822 10356 TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 341DEG 11KT 3816 10365 $$
000 WWUS55 KPUB 032155 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 355 PM MDT THU SEP 3 2009 COC025-089-032201- /O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-090903T2200Z/ OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO- 355 PM MDT THU SEP 3 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY AND NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTIES...BUT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM. SPOTTERS INDICATE THE STORM IS NO LONGER PRODUCING A TORNADO...BUT LARGE HAIL IS STILL LIKELY OCCURRING WITH THE STORM. THE SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF LA JUNTA. A SECOND SEVERE STORM WAS 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAS ANIMAS. LAT...LON 3800 10341 3792 10370 3819 10374 3822 10356 TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 341DEG 11KT 3812 10363 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 6:03 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Pueblo | 117 min |
| Sep 2, 6:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Pueblo | 110 min |
| Sep 3, 4:40 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 43 min |
| Sep 3, 2:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa | 51 min |
| Sep 3, 2:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers | 62 min |
| Sep 3, 3:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 60 min |
| Sep 3, 4:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.