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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 16, 1991Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1991, 4:54 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 41 min.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 1991, 4:54 PM MDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 1991, 5:35 PM MDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Pueblo County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 362 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 1991-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 1991-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-319 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1734 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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