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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 9, 1990Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1990, 3:49 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1990, 3:49 PM MDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1990, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Las Animas 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 293 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 1990-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 31 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 1990-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
31 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-456 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2000 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 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 092149
TORPUB
COC071-092215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
349 PM MDT SAT JUN 9 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
      WESTERN LAS-ANIMAS

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...
TRINIDAD AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

AT (330 PM  )  A  (TORNADO    ) WAS REPORTED TO BE ON THE GROUND
12 NORTH NORTHEAST OF TRINIDAD. AN UNCONFIRMED TORNADO ALSO
TOUCHED DOWN 1 MILE EAST OF TRINDIDAD.

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.

 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO
 UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

 TESAR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 4:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas27 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.