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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 18, 1993Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1993, 4:47 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 1993, 4:47 PM MDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1993, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Kiowa County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 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 1993-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1993-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 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 182248
TORPUB
COC061-182315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
447 PM MDT FRI JUN 18 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
 
   ...EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY
 
AT 435 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CHIVINGTON MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STATE PATROL HAS
RECEIVED A REPORT OF A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT 430 PM ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH
OF EADS. PERSONS IN EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY SHOULD TAKE COVER AT ONCE.
 
THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE WARNING ISSUED EARLIER.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 6:24 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca51 min
Jun 17, 7:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca53 min
Jun 18, 4:17 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa28 min
Jun 18, 5:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers44 min
Jun 18, 5:17 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent, Prowers38 min
Jun 18, 5:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers49 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.