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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 31, 1993Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1993, 6:42 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 1993, 6:42 PM MDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1993, 7:28 PM MDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Pueblo County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 219 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 1993-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 359 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 00:00Z on 1993-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
359 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 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 KPUB 010043
SVRPUB
COC101-010145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
642 PM MDT MON MAY 31 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
 
   ...PUEBLO COUNTY
 
THIS WARNING INCLUDES PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE CITY OF PUEBLO.
 
AT 1837 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED ONE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO AND ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 6:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Bent59 min
May 31, 7:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers38 min
May 31, 7:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca47 min
May 31, 8:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca34 min

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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.