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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2009, 6:16 PM MDT for Bent County, Crowley County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 59 min. 3 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, 6:16 PM MDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2009, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 6:25 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | W Rocky Ford, CO | |
| Jun 11, 6:40 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 Ne Swink, CO | |
| Jun 11, 6:48 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 64 | La Junta, 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, 0.3 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
- 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 120016 TORPUB COC011-025-089-120115- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0008.090612T0016Z-090612T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 616 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... SOUTH CENTRAL CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... THIS INCLUDES LA JUNTA... * UNTIL 715 PM MDT * AT 615 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM WHICH WAS RAPIDLY ROTATING AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ROCKY FORD...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ROCKY FORD. SWINK. CHERAW. LA JUNTA. 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 3814 10326 3783 10329 3799 10380 3816 10379 TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 282DEG 22KT 3806 10372 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KPUB 120034 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 634 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009 COC011-025-089-120115- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090612T0115Z/ OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO-BENT CO- 634 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL BENT...SOUTH CENTRAL CROWLEY AND NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTIES... AT 632 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED NEAR SWINK...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHERAW. LA JUNTA. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TOT HE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A HOUSE IS IN A BASEMENT...UNDER STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...GO TO A NEARBY STURDY STRUCTURE AND GET IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF THERE IS NO STURDY STRUCTURE AVAILABLE...AS A LAST RESORT...GO TO A CULVERT...DITCH...OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. && LAT...LON 3798 10375 3815 10374 3814 10326 3783 10329 TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 288DEG 15KT 3805 10361 $$
000 WWUS55 KPUB 120047 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 647 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009 COC011-025-089-120115- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090612T0115Z/ OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO-BENT CO- 647 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL BENT...EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL CROWLEY AND NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTIES... AT 644 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 NEAR LA JUNTA...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED WILL BE RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME WEST CENTRAL BENT COUNTY AND EAST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY. THERE HAS BEEN A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY AND NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTIES UNTIL 700 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. && LAT...LON 3797 10369 3815 10369 3814 10326 3783 10329 TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 292DEG 16KT 3805 10353 $$
000 WWUS55 KPUB 120057 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 657 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009 COC011-089-120115- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090612T0115Z/ OTERO CO-BENT CO- 657 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL BENT AND NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTIES... AT 654 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED NEAR LA JUNTA...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED WILL BE RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME WEST CENTRAL BENT COUNTY AND EAST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY. THERE HAS BEEN A HISTORY OF LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN BENT COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM MDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A HOUSE IS IN A BASEMENT...UNDER STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...GO TO A NEARBY STURDY STRUCTURE AND GET IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF THERE IS NO STURDY STRUCTURE AVAILABLE...AS A LAST RESORT...GO TO A CULVERT...DITCH...OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. && LAT...LON 3793 10358 3814 10357 3814 10326 3783 10329 TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 292DEG 16KT 3801 10348 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 6:06 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 54 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.