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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 9, 1992Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1992, 12:29 PM MDT for Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1992, 12:29 PM MDT (18:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1992, 1:00 PM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bent County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 217 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 1992-06-09Temperature 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 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 1992-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1010 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 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 091829
TORPUB
COC011-099-091900-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1229 PM MDT TUE JUN 9 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
      NORTHEAST BENT...NORTHWEST PROWERS

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...LAMAR...
WILEY...KORNMAN...MCCLAVE.

BETWEEN 1210 PM AND 1225 PM MDT A NUMBER OF FUNNEL CLOUDS AND SMALL
TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE WARNED AREA...MAINLY NEAR WILEY
AND LAMAR. PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST BENT AND NORTHWEST PROWERS COUNTIES
SHOULD MOVE INDOORS...AWAY FROM WINDOWS...UNTIL THESE STORMS
SUBSIDE.

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.

 GRAY

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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.