Tornado Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO

Issued

Jun 22, 1991, 7:01 PM MDT (01:01 UTC)

Expired

Jun 22, 1991, 7:30 PM MDT

In force

29 min

Issued by

NWS Pueblo, CO

Area

Whole counties

County Prowers County, CO

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
701 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 1991

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
      NORTH CENTRAL PROWERS

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...LAMAR...
GRANADA...BRISTOL.

AT 655 PM MDT STATE PATROL INDICATED AN UNCONFIRMED TORNADO JUST
EAST OF LAMAR. A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR AT 656.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NORTH AND EAST OF LAMAR...MOVING EAST
25 TO 30 MPH.

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.

IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...FIND SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST
PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO A BASEMENT IF
ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING
DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...EOR PILLOWS.

 THESE THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...POSSIBLE
 DAMAGING WINDS. REMAIN INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

 GRAY

In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
108 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 1991

...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL IN HUERFANO COUNTY...

AT 105 PM A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WAS IN HUERFANO
COUNTY 30 MILES SOUTH OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. THE STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALSO
DEVELOPED ALONG THE SOUTHEAST FOOTHILLS FROM EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY
TO WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. A TORNADO WATCH
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT. HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES MAY OCCUR WITH THUNDERSTORMS. SO
BE ALERT AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER.

CASEY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO
1255 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN AROUND THE SAN
LUIS VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 1230 LIMON RADAR REPORTED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN... WERE IN AN AREA 70 MILES
WIDE...FROM SOUTHEAST OF ALAMOSA...TO NORTHWEST OF FORT COLLINS.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS.

RESIDENTS OF THE VALLEY SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS_ SHOULD DANGEROUS WEATHER
APPROACH.

REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL OR STATE POLICE FOR RELAY TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

CALLAHAN

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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.