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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 12, 1993Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1993, 4:21 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 2 hr.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 1993, 4:21 PM MDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 1993, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Kiowa County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 1993-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 324 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1993-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
324 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-415 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1355 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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