Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2009, 6:06 PM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 54 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
- Jun 11, 2009, 6:06 PM MDT (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2009, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Otero County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 6:20 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | Sugar City, 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1774 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KPUB 120006 TORPUB COC011-025-061-089-120100- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0007.090612T0006Z-090612T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 606 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 700 PM MDT * AT 606 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM WHICH WAS RAPIDLY ROTATING AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ORDWAY...OR ABOUT 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA JUNTA... WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ORDWAY. SUGAR CITY. CHERAW. ARLINGTON. 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 3835 10326 3802 10331 3820 10386 3836 10384 TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 286DEG 17KT 3823 10378 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KPUB 120026 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 626 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009 COC011-025-061-089-120100- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090612T0100Z/ OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO-BENT CO-KIOWA CO- 626 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA...NORTHWESTERN BENT...EAST CENTRAL CROWLEY AND NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTIES... AT 625 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED NEAR CHERAW...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF LA JUNTA...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHERAW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A HOUSE IS IN A BASEMENT...UNDER STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...GO TO A NEARBY STURDY STRUCTURE AND GET IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF THERE IS NO STURDY STRUCTURE AVAILABLE...AS A LAST RESORT...GO TO A CULVERT...DITCH...OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. && LAT...LON 3830 10327 3802 10331 3819 10375 3833 10368 TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 286DEG 26KT 3817 10356 $$
000 WWUS55 KPUB 120047 RRA SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 647 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009 COC011-025-061-089-120100- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090612T0100Z/ OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO-BENT CO-KIOWA CO- 647 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA...NORTHWESTERN BENT...SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY AND NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTIES... AT 638 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 CHERAW...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA JUNTA...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED WILL BE RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN BENT COUNTY...INCLUDING OPEN COUNTRY NORTHEAST OF 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. && LAT...LON 3812 10355 3827 10351 3825 10328 3802 10331 TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 291DEG 27KT 3813 10336 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 6:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Otero | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 6:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero, Pueblo | 16 min |
| Jun 11, 6:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Otero | 54 min |
| Jun 11, 6:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 7:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 20 min |
| Jun 11, 7:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 53 min |
| Jun 11, 8:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 9:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 37 min |
| Jun 11, 9:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 37 min |
| Jun 12, 4:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 57 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.