Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1991, 3:57 PM MDT for Crowley County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1991, 3:57 PM MDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1991, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crowley County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 89 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPUB 062157
TORPUB
COC025-062230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
357 PM MDT THU JUN 6 1991
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
WESTERN CROWLEY
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...CROWLEY
AND OLNEY SPRINGS.
AT 352 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CROWLEY IN WESTERN CROWLEY COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH.
PEOPLE IN CROWLEY AND OLNEY SPRINGS SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
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.
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...
TAKE COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
GRAYWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 2:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
COZ015-016-062215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 220 PM MDT THU JUN 6 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 215 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NEARBY PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 7 MILES SOUTH OF WALSENBURG IN HUERFANO COUNTY. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE 3 MILES EAST OF BEULAH IN SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY...AND 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF WETMORE NEAR THE FREMONT CUSTER LINE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 20 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CONDITIONS IN THEIR AREA AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GRAY
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:04 PM MDT, 53 minutes before
COZ015-016-062315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 300 PM MDT THU JUN 6 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 255 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL HAD MOVED INTO THE PUEBLO AREA OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED AROUND THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF PUEBLO. WATER WAS ALSO OVER THE ROAD OVER SOME OF THE SOUTHSIDE ROADS. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL WERE 15 MILES EAST OF WALSENBURG...AND IN AN AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NEAR THATCHER ...IN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR CANON CITY IN FREMONT COUNTY. ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH. REMAIN ALERT TO THE WEATHER IN YOUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN AND NEAFR THE WATCH AREA. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER...INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS WITHOUT DELAY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GRAY
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:32 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
COZ004-011>014-016-017-062230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 235 PM MDT THU JUN 6 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR EL PASO..TELLER..ELBERT..LINCOLN..WESTERN CHEYENNE AND WESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF COLORADO SPRINGS..WOODLAND PARK..KIOWA..AND LIMON. AT 230 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REACHED FROM TRINIDAD NORTHWARD TO THE FORT COLLINS AREA AND WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN EASTERN COLORADO SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. . HAVILL
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:34 PM MDT, 23 minutes before
COZ004-011>014-016-017-062230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ..CORR FOR TIME.. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 335 PM MDT THU JUN 6 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR EL PASO..TELLER..ELBERT..LINCOLN..WESTERN CHEYENNE AND WESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF COLORADO SPRINGS..WOODLAND PARK..KIOWA..AND LIMON. AT 230 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REACHED FROM TRINIDAD NORTHWARD TO THE FORT COLLINS AREA AND WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN EASTERN COLORADO SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. . HAVILL
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:39 PM MDT, 18 minutes before
COZ015-016-062330- SPECIAL WEATHER AND URBAN FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 330 PM MDT THU JUN 6 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 325 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO RUMBLE ACROSS THE CITY OF PUEBLO AND WERE LEAVING HEAVY RAIN IN AND AROUND THE CITY. RAINFALL REPORTS HAVE RANGED FROM AROUND A QUARTER TO 3/4 INCH OF RAIN AROUND THE CITY SINCE JUST BEFORE 3 PM TODAY. PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAS ALSO FALLEN AROUND MAINLY THE SOUTHERN HALF OF PUEBLO. SOME URBAN FLOODING HAS OCCURRED...NOTABLY WATER OVER THE ROAD AROUND PRAIRIE AND NORTHERN ON THE SOUTH SIDE...AND FLOODING AT CENTRAL AVENUE AND INTERSTATE 25...IN THE SOUTHEAST AREAS. OTHER ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE LIKELY TO BE FLOODED OR BE WATER COVERED. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW THEIR DRIVING SPEEDS AND EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AROUND TOWN. CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO PLAY IN STREETS OR DITCHES IN THESE AREAS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY SOUTH OF FOWLER. THESE STORM WERE ALSO CARRYING HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVED NORTHEAST 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. HEAVY RAINS MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD STAY ALERT AND EXERCISE CAUTION IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER...INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS WITHOUT DELAY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GRAY
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:56 PM MDT, 1 minute before
COZ004-011-014-016-062300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 354 PM MDT THU JUN 6 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN COLORADO INCLUDING COLORADO SPRINGS UNTIL 8PM MDT... AT 4PM MDT RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN NOTED...ALONG THE FRONT RANGE FROM SOUTHEAST OF PUEBLO TO NORTH OF DENVER. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH AND SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN INCREASING IN INTENSITY AND AREA COVERAGE IN THE LAST HOUR. AFTER LAST NIGHTS RAINS AND THE LIKELY HOOD OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY OCCUR THUS PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CON- DITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATEN- ING WEATHER APPROACHES. CROWLEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 26 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 1991Every tornado warning in 1991Tornadoes in 1991
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.