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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 1, 1986Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 1, 1986, 4:10 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 1986, 4:10 PM MDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 1986, 5:10 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Baca 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 240 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1986-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1813 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1986-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 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
1813 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
917 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
10.6

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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
Jul 31, 6:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas57 min
Jul 31, 6:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero57 min
Jul 31, 7:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers58 min
Jul 31, 7:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero, Pueblo58 min
Jul 31, 7:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley60 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.