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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 30, 1993Crowley County, Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1993, 6:35 PM MDT for Crowley County, Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 1993, 6:35 PM MDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1993, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 00:00Z on 1993-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 36 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1993-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
235 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 310039 RRA
SVRPUB
COC011-025-061-310115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTED DATE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
635 PM MDT SUN MAY 30 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...

IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

   ...NORTHERN BENT COUNTY...EASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY
   ...WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY

THIS WARNING INCLUDES PEOPLE IN THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON IN KIOWA COUNTY.

AT 629 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME EASTERN
CROWLEY COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON IN KIOWA
COUNTY.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD. ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, May 30, 6:15 PM MDT, 20 minutes before
COZ016-017-310130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
615 PM MDT SUN MAY 30 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO CROWLEY COUNTY...

AT 605 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL
BORDER OF CROWLEY AND LINCOLN COUNTIES...ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF
THE TOWN OF ORDWAY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS
STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MAY
PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.  PERSONS NEAR OR IN THE PATH
OF THIS STORM...INCLUDING MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 71 IN NORTHERN
CROWLEY COUNTY...SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, May 30, 6:15 PM MDT, 20 minutes before
COZ016-017-310130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
615 PM MDT SUN MAY 30 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO CROWLEY COUNTY...

AT 605 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL
BORDER OF CROWLEY AND LINCOLN COUNTIES...ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF
THE TOWN OF ORDWAY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS
STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MAY
PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.  PERSONS NEAR OR IN THE PATH
OF THIS STORM...INCLUDING MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 71 IN NORTHERN
CROWLEY COUNTY...SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 6:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent40 min
May 30, 6:55 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero48 min
May 30, 7:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent40 min
May 31, 4:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo51 min
May 31, 4:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas38 min
May 31, 5:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero66 min
May 31, 5:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo65 min
May 31, 5:50 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBPueblo40 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.