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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 14, 1990Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 1990, 6:45 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1990, 6:45 PM MDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1990, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
30 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 00:00Z, 0.8 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 00:00Z on 1990-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1990-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 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 KDEN 150045
TORPUB
COC009-150110-

BULLETIN...EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER
645 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM  MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO:

     CENTRAL BACA

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING TOWNS/CITIES:

     CAMPO..PRITCHETT..SPRINGFIELD..VILAS..AND WALSH

THE STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF PRITCHETT...WHICH IS 65
MILES SOUTH OF LAMAR.

AT 640PM 2 REPORTS FROM THE PUBLIC WERE RECEIVED OF A TORNADO.

RADAR INDICATES THE STORM THAT WAS PRODUCING THE TORNADO WAS MOVING
TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

IN HOMES GO TO THE BASEMENT OR INTO A CLOSET OR BATHROOM.
IN SCHOOLS..HIGH RISES AND HOSPITALS GO TO AN INTERIOR
HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES..
EVACUATE THEM AND GO TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.  IF NO SHELTER
IS AVAILABLE..LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT.
IN ALL CASES..STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS..DOORS AND OUTSIDE WALLS.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.  IF OUTDOORS..
STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS.  MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE.  WHEN
INDOORS..STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING
TELEPHONES AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
IN DENVER..OR CALL YOUR REPORT TO TH+E NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 361-0663.  DO NOT CALL THIS NUMBER FOR INFORMATION.

HOLZINGER

LAT..LON  3701 10223 3701 10289 3749 10294 3747 10227

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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.