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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 6, 1993Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 6, 1993, 6:17 AM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 13 min.

The area

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

The facts

Issued
May 6, 1993, 6:17 AM MDT (12:17 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 1993, 6:30 AM MDT
In force
13 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Kiowa County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 1993-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1993-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1073 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 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 061219
TORPUB
COC061-061230-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
617 AM MDT THU MAY 06 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO
     EASTERN KIOWA

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     SHERIDAN LAKE

AT 617 AM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHERIDAN LAKE...OR ABOUT 33
MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR.

THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED 
FOR THIS STORM.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT.  GET
UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.  IF NO
BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.  USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

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

HEITKAMP
LAT...LON 3829 10209 3830 10230 3854 10230 3854 10210

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 6, 5:20 AM MDT, 57 minutes before
COZ017-061300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
520 AM MDT THU MAY 6 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS IN CHEYENNE COUNTY COLORADO...

AT 520 AM MDT THIS THURSDAY MORNING RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN
SOUTHEAST CHEYENNE COUNTY COLORADO ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF CHEYENNE WELLS.
THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 20 MPH AND MAY PRODUCE BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

PERSONS IN CHEYENNE COUNTY COLORADO SHOULD BE ALERT TO THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT THIS MORNING AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

HUBER
Special weather statement, May 6, 5:23 AM MDT, 54 minutes before
COZ017-061300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
520 AM MDT THU MAY 6 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS IN CHEYENNE COUNTY COLORADO...

AT 520 AM MDT THIS THURSDAY MORNING RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN
SOUTHEAST CHEYENNE COUNTY COLORADO ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF CHEYENNE WELLS.
THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 20 MPH AND MAY PRODUCE BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

PERSONS IN CHEYENNE COUNTY COLORADO SHOULD BE ALERT TO THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT THIS MORNING AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

HUBER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 5:56 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers34 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.