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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

July 9, 1993Kit Carson County, Washington County, Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 1993, 5:25 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Washington County, Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 1993, 5:25 PM MDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1993, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Washington County, CO, Yuma County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 1993-07-09Temperature 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 1993-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDEN 092326
TORDEN
COC063-121-125-100000-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
525 PM MDT FRI JUL 09 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
     NORTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON

IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
     SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHWESTERN YUMA

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     ABARR...COPE...HEARTSTRONG...JOES AND KIRK

AT 525 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH OF COPE ...OR ABOUT 42 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BURLINGTON.  THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.  IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN
THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH
YOUR HANDS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN DENVER.


LAT...LON 3953 10248 3952 10295 3993 10297 3996 10248
HOLMES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 3:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan37 min
Jul 9, 5:04 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUKit Carson, Washington, Yuma26 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.