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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 7, 1986Crowley County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1986, 6:10 PM MDT for Crowley County, Colorado. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1986, 6:10 PM MDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1986, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Crowley County, CO

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1986-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 47 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1986-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
47 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2672 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers60 min
Jun 8, 2:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa60 min
Jun 8, 3:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Otero60 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 1986Every tornado warning in 1986Tornadoes in 1986

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.