Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2010, 8:42 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 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
- Jun 8, 2010, 8:42 PM MDT (02:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2010, 9:09 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1963 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
424
WFUS55 KPUB 090242
TORPUB
COC041-090345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0033.100609T0242Z-100609T0345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
842 PM MDT TUE JUN 8 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 945 PM MDT
* AT 838 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF RAMAH...OR 30 MILES WEST OF
LIMON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RAMAH.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3912 10404 3891 10404 3890 10405 3905 10432
3913 10432 3913 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 300DEG 31KT 3917 10420
$$3 follow-up statements
626
WWUS55 KPUB 090251
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
851 PM MDT TUE JUN 8 2010
COC041-090345-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-100609T0345Z/
EL PASO CO-
851 PM MDT TUE JUN 8 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO
COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM MDT...
AT 847 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RAMAH...OR 27 MILES WEST OF LIMON...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RAMAH.
RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY.
AT 829 PM MDT...A TORNADO WAS SPOTTED WITH THIS STORM 20 MILES WEST
OF LIMON. NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTINGS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3912 10404 3891 10404 3890 10405 3905 10432
3913 10432 3913 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 317DEG 41KT 3912 10414
$$809
WWUS55 KPUB 090259
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
859 PM MDT TUE JUN 8 2010
COC041-090345-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-100609T0345Z/
EL PASO CO-
859 PM MDT TUE JUN 8 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO
COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM MDT...
AT 856 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RAMAH...OR 25
MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RAMAH...AND RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY
LOCATED TO THE SOUTHEAST OF RAMAH.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3912 10404 3891 10404 3890 10405 3905 10432
3913 10432 3913 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0257Z 320DEG 26KT 3907 10408
$$676
WWUS55 KPUB 090309
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
909 PM MDT TUE JUN 8 2010
COC041-090318-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-100609T0345Z/
EL PASO CO-
909 PM MDT TUE JUN 8 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...AND INTO ELBERT COUNTY...WHERE A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT.
LAT...LON 3912 10404 3891 10404 3890 10405 3905 10432
3913 10432 3913 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 282DEG 36KT 3906 10394
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 1:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 56 min |
| Jun 9, 2:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 58 min |
| Jun 9, 3:10 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 8 more | 29 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 63 min |
| Jun 9, 3:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:09 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.