Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2009, 5:31 PM MDT for Crowley County, Otero County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 59 min. 2 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 11, 2009, 5:31 PM MDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2009, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 6:15 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 1 W Rocky Ford, CO | |
| Jun 11, 6:25 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | W Rocky Ford, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2:00 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 697 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 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 112331 TORPUB COC025-089-101-120030- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0006.090611T2331Z-090612T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 531 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 630 PM MDT * AT 530 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM WHICH WAS RAPIDLY ROTATING AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FOWLER...OR ABOUT 29 MILES WEST OF LA JUNTA...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OLNEY SPRINGS. MANZANOLA. ROCKY FORD. 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. && LAT...LON 3821 10364 3793 10366 3798 10421 3816 10419 TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 274DEG 16KT 3807 10405 $$
4 follow-up statements
441 WWUS55 KPUB 112336 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 536 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009 COC025-089-101-120030- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090612T0030Z/ OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO-PUEBLO CO- 536 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO...SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY AND NORTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTIES... AT 535 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED NEAR FOWLER...OR 27 MILES WEST OF LA JUNTA...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OLNEY SPRINGS. MANZANOLA. ROCKY FORD. THIS STORM CAN ALSO PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A HOUSE IS IN A BASEMENT...UNDER STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...GO TO A NEARBY STURDY STRUCTURE AND GET IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF THERE IS NO STURDY STRUCTURE AVAILABLE...AS A LAST RESORT...GO TO A CULVERT...DITCH...OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. && LAT...LON 3821 10364 3793 10366 3798 10421 3816 10419 TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 275DEG 17KT 3807 10402 $$
938 WWUS55 KPUB 112344 RRA SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 544 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009 COC025-089-101-120030- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090612T0030Z/ OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO-PUEBLO CO- 544 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO...SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY AND NORTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTIES... AT 542 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED NEAR FOWLER...OR 25 MILES WEST OF LA JUNTA...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MANZANOLA. ROCKY FORD. AT 542 PM LAW ENFORCEMENT SAW A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR ROAD 8 AND ROAD KK IN OTERO COUNTY. THIS IS ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF FOWLER. THIS STORM CAN ALSO PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS. 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. && LAT...LON 3797 10409 3817 10408 3821 10364 3793 10366 TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 275DEG 17KT 3807 10398 $$
000 WWUS55 KPUB 112356 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 556 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009 COC025-089-101-120030- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090612T0030Z/ OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO-PUEBLO CO- 556 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO...SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY AND NORTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTIES... AT 555 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FOWLER... OR 24 MILES WEST OF LA JUNTA...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MANZANOLA. ROCKY FORD. RADAR SHOWS THE POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANZANOLA. THIS STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A HOUSE IS IN A BASEMENT...UNDER STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...GO TO A NEARBY STURDY STRUCTURE AND GET IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF THERE IS NO STURDY STRUCTURE AVAILABLE...AS A LAST RESORT...GO TO A CULVERT...DITCH...OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. && LAT...LON 3797 10409 3817 10408 3821 10364 3793 10366 TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 275DEG 17KT 3805 10398 $$
000 WWUS55 KPUB 120002 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 602 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009 COC025-089-120030- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090612T0030Z/ OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO- 602 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY AND NORTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTIES... AT 601 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED NEAR MANZANOLA...OR 18 MILES WEST OF LA JUNTA...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ROCKY FORD. THIS STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS. 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. && LAT...LON 3797 10403 3817 10403 3821 10364 3793 10366 TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 270DEG 11KT 3808 10385 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 3:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 5:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 67 min |
| Jun 11, 5:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Pueblo | 87 min |
| Jun 11, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa | 62 min |
Nearby
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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.