Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 2010, 5:09 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 49 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
- Apr 21, 2010, 5:09 PM MDT (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2010, 5:58 PM MDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 5:09 PM MDT | TORNADO | 12 Se Thatcher, CO | DELAYED REPORT OF TORNADO FROM APPROXIMATELY 509 PM MDT TO 515 PM MDT. NO KNOWN DAMAGE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 276 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
375
WFUS55 KPUB 212309
TORPUB
COC071-220015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0003.100421T2309Z-100422T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
509 PM MDT WED APR 21 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 615 PM MDT
* AT 507 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF THATCHER...OR 33 MILES NORTHEAST
OF TRINIDAD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
THATCHER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3763 10401 3759 10372 3732 10387 3731 10399
3733 10408 3742 10417
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 216DEG 17KT 3745 10400
$$3 follow-up statements
720
WWUS55 KPUB 212323
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
523 PM MDT WED APR 21 2010
COC071-220015-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100422T0015Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
523 PM MDT WED APR 21 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
UNTIL 615 PM MDT...
AT 521 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THATCHER...OR 37 MILES
NORTHEAST OF TRINIDAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
IN ADDITION...THIS STORM IS LIKELY PRODUCING HAIL TO TENNIS BALL
SIZE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
THATCHER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3763 10401 3759 10372 3732 10387 3731 10399
3733 10408 3742 10417
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 216DEG 17KT 3750 10395
$$956
WWUS55 KPUB 212336
SVSPUB
SSEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
536 PM MDT WED APR 21 2010
COC071-220015-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100422T0015Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
536 PM MDT WED APR 21 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
UNTIL 615 PM MDT...
AT 534 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THATCHER...OR 37 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3763 10401 3759 10372 3732 10387 3731 10399
3733 10408 3742 10417
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 216DEG 17KT 3752 10388
$$785
WWUS55 KPUB 212358
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
558 PM MDT WED APR 21 2010
COC071-220007-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100422T0015Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
558 PM MDT WED APR 21 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
AND NORTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM MDT.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3763 10401 3759 10372 3732 10387 3731 10399
3733 10408 3742 10417
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 216DEG 17KT 3760 10381
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 3:57 AM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo | 65 min |
| Apr 21, 4:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 54 min |
| Apr 21, 4:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 65 min |
| Apr 21, 4:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 56 min |
| Apr 21, 4:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 40 min |
| Apr 21, 5:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 22 min |
| Apr 21, 5:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 45 min |
| Apr 21, 5:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 53 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.