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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 30, 1988Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 30, 1988, 8:00 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 1988, 8:00 PM MDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1988, 8:30 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kiowa County, CO, Prowers 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 1988-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1988-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3288 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPUB 310200
TORPUB
COC061-099-310230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
800 PM MDT MON MAY 30 1988

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
      SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA...NORTHWEST PROWERS

 THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES... WILEY
ND THE AREA SURROUNDING THE NEE SHAH...NEE NOSHE...NEE GRANDE
ND NEE SO PAH RESERVOIRS.

AT 755 PM MDT STATE PATROL REPORTED A TORNADO NORTH OF WILEY IN
EXTREME NORTHWEST PROWERS COUNTY. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS
NORTH OF WILEY. AT 740 PM MDT MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR
WILEY AND LAMAR WITH THIS STORM.  THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH 30 TO
35 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN
A BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...FIND SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDINGg.  AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH...
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

 GRAY

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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.