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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 2, 1989Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1989, 5:48 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1989, 5:48 PM MDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1989, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Kiowa 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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 12:00Z on 1989-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 376 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 12:00Z on 1989-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
376 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-234 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1353 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 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 022355 COR
TORPUB
COC061-030015-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTION
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
548 PM MDT FRI JUN 2 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
          ...NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA
INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF EADS...BRANDON...CHIVINGTON AND SHERIDAN LAKE.

AT 540 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 TO 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF EADS...MOVING EAST 20 MPH.


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

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
GRAY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 4:33 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBProwers27 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.