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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 5, 1992Crowley County, Kiowa County, Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 1992, 2:46 PM MDT for Crowley County, Kiowa County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 19 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1992, 2:46 PM MDT (20:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1992, 3:05 PM MDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Otero County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 1992-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 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 1992-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 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
2832 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 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 052046
TORPUB
COC025-061-089-052115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
246 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
      EXTREME EASTERN CROWLEY...EXTREME WESTERN KIOWA...EXTREME 
      NORTHEAST OTERO

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...SUGAR CITY
...LA JUNTA...ARLINGTON.

AT 243 PM MDT A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 5 MILES
SOUTH OF SUGAR CITY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST 35 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.

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.

 GRAY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 8:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo39 min
Jun 5, 2:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley43 min
Jun 5, 3:52 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca, Prowers38 min
Jun 5, 4:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Prowers57 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.