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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 7, 1993Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1993, 12:54 AM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1993, 12:54 AM MDT (06:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1993, 1:25 AM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Baca County, CO

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 208 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 213 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1993-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 198 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1993-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
198 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3668 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 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 KDEN 070653
SVRDEN
COC009-070725-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1254 AM MDT MON JUN 07 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 125 AM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO
     SOUTHEASTERN BACA

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     STONINGTON...AND MIDWAY

AT 1250 AM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STONINGTON ...OR
ABOUT 76 MILES SOUTH OF LAMAR.

THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

ONE INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AS
IT MOVED THROUGH EXTREME NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

ALSO...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO
ADVANCE WARNING.  PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

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

CUOCO

LAT...LON 3701 10205 3701 10254 3739 10205

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.