Hail, Pueblo
- When
- June 13, 3:15 PM MST to 3:20 PM MST
- Where
- Pueblo County, 4.96 mi SSE of Blende
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.170, -104.520
Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 13, 2009
Long-lasting supercells produced large hail, high winds, and a short-lived tornado.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
Long-lasting supercells produced large hail, high winds, and a short-lived tornado.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 13, 1:38 PM MST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 1:38 PM MST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 238 PM MDT SAT JUN 13 2009 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND SUNDAY) MAIN CONCERN IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. VERY MOIST LOW LEVELS ACRS THE SE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON WITH DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S. BOTH THE RUC13 AND NAM12 SHOW QUITE A BIT OF CIN OVR THE FAR SE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH LESS CIN ALONG THE I25 CORRIDOR. THE LATEST MESOANALYSIS SHOWS 1500-2000 J/KG OF CAPE ALONG THE I25 CORRIDOR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE NAM AND RUC SHOWING THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGHER CAPE VALUES LATER THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY THIS EVENING. DEEP LAYER SHEAR VALUES ARE ABOUT 45-50 KTS...SO CANNOT RULE OUT TORNADOES. UPR LVL LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH A SHRTWV TROF MOVING OVR THE STATE WL ENHANCE SEVERE WEA CHANCES. AT THIS POINT THE I25 CORRIDOR SEEMS TO HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER TO START WITH...BUT COULD THEN SEE SEVERE SPREAD EWRD. LATER TONIGHT LOW CLOUDS WL AGAIN SPREAD ACRS THE SE PLAINS...BUT LOOKS LIKE THEY MAY BREAK UP EARLIER SUNDAY THAN THEY DID TODAY FOR GOOD HEATING. DEW POINTS LOOK A LITTLE DRIER TOMORROW OVR THE SE PLAINS WITH MID 40S TO LOWER 50S EXPECTED...STILL GOOD ENOUGH FOR ISOLD TO SCT STORMS. NAM IS SHOWING A WEAK SHRTWV MOVING ACRS CO ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WE COULD AGAIN SEE A FEW SEVERE STORMS. SHEAR VALUES WL AGAIN BE AROUND 50 KTS...WITH CAPE VALUES OF MAYBE AROUND 1500-2000 J/KG ACCORDING TO THE NAM WITH LITTLE CIN. .LONG TERM... (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) WITH IMPENDING WEATHER WILL MAKE THIS BRIEF... SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THROUGH MONDAY...AND MOIST...UNSTABLE AIR...WILL ALLOW FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY EVENING. AS SHORTWAVE MOVES TOWARD AND NORTH OF CWFA ON MONDAY...UPPER FORCING AND INSTABILITY...AND COOL FRONT MOVING INTO THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS DURING MONDAY AFTERNOON...CHANCE POPS LOOKS REASONABLE FOR MUCH OF PLAINS...AND ISOLATEDS ELSEWHERE. FOR TUESDAY...UPSLOPE FLOW AND MARGINALLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL YIELD ISOLATED STORMS ACROSS THE PLAINS...AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...SHORTWAVE RIDGE GETS PUMPED UP WITH UPPER LOW TO THE WEST...AND FAIRLY DRY AND HOT PATTERN DEVELOPS OVER CWFA. THURSDAY...GFS FORECASTS SHORTWAVE TO BRUSH BY TO OUR NORTH WHICH COULD DRAG A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS LATE THURSDAY...AND CAUSE SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION. THEN FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...RIDGE REBUILDS OVER CWFA...GIVING RELATIVELY DRY AND HOT WEATHER TO THE AREA...WITH BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION SHIFTED TO NORTHERN COLORADO. -TLM- && .AVIATION...MVFR CIGS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AT KCOS...WITH KALS AND KCOS GENERALLY SEEING VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF MVFR CIGS IN TSTMS. LATER TONIGHT MVFR AND IFR CIGS WL DEVELOP OVR MOST OF THE SE CO PLAINS...WITH IFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT KCOS AND MOST LIKELY MVFR CIGS AT KCOS. THESE LOW CLOUDS CIGS SHOULD DISSIPATE AT KCOS AND KPUB BY 16Z ON SUNDAY. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 28/13
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 9:33 AM MST, 5 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1033 AM MDT SAT JUN 13 2009 COZ058>089-093>099-141645- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 1033 AM MDT SAT JUN 13 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS...HIGH VALLEYS AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS WILL LIKELY THEN MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. GOOD MOISTURE...STRONG WIND SHEAR AND AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE BEST CHANCES BEING NEAR THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND IN COUNTIES ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS TODAY WILL BE HAIL UP TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LIGHTNING BEING THE MAIN HAZARDS. FOR TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD ON THE PLAINS. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY TODAY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS BETWEEN 2 PM AND MIDNIGHT. 28/28
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:34 PM MST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 234 PM MDT SAT JUN 13 2009 COZ088-132100- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- 234 PM MDT SAT JUN 13 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO AT 233 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 12 MILES WEST OF TYRONE...OR 22 MILES NORTH OF TRINIDAD...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG STORMS WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:01 PM MST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 301 PM MDT SAT JUN 13 2009 COZ088-094-132145- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- 301 PM MDT SAT JUN 13 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO AT 259 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TRINCHERA...OR 26 MILES EAST OF TRINIDAD... WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG STORM WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 160. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:37 PM MST, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 337 PM MDT SAT JUN 13 2009 COZ086-132215- PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- 337 PM MDT SAT JUN 13 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS INCLUDES...PUEBLO. AT 336 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF PUEBLO RESERVOIR...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PUEBLO. BLENDE. AVONDALE. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Local storm report, Jun 13, 3:15 PM MST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
415 PM MDT SAT JUN 13 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0415 PM HAIL 5 SSE BLENDE 38.17N 104.52W
06/13/2009 M0.75 INCH PUEBLO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
&&The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:13 UTC.
Event by event
6 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Pueblo
- When
- June 13, 3:16 PM MST to 3:21 PM MST
- Where
- Pueblo County, 7.29 mi SSW of Avondale
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 38.140, -104.420
Hail, Pueblo
- When
- June 13, 3:22 PM MST to 3:27 PM MST
- Where
- Pueblo County, 4.96 mi SSE of Blende
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.170, -104.520
Hail, Baca
- When
- June 13, 4:50 PM MST to 4:55 PM MST
- Where
- Baca County, 6.8 mi SSW of Pritchett
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -102.910
Tornado, Baca
- When
- June 13, 5:01 PM MST to 5:02 PM MST
- Where
- Baca County, 15.08 mi SSW of Pritchett to 15.14 mi SSW of Pritchett
- Rating
- EF0
- Path length
- 0.59 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- Storm Chaser
- Coordinates
- 37.160, -102.935
A short-lived tornado caused no damage in open county.
Hail, Baca
- When
- June 13, 5:08 PM MST to 5:13 PM MST
- Where
- Baca County, 0.69 mi N of Springfield
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 37.410, -102.620
Hail, Baca
- When
- June 13, 5:11 PM MST to 5:16 PM MST
- Where
- Baca County, 0.69 mi N of Springfield
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 37.410, -102.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Baca
- When
- June 13, 5:20 PM MST to 5:32 PM MST
- Where
- Baca County, (Kspd)springfield Awos to 7 mi E of (Kspd)springfield Awos
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -102.610
Five power poles were snapped off at the bases along highway 287...and around 20 powerpoles were taken down on County Road 35.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 184098, 184108, 184100, 184102, 168840, 184103, 184104, 184111.