Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1993, 5:17 PM MDT for Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 1993, 5:17 PM MDT (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1993, 5:55 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bent County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 217 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPUB 182319 TORPUB COC011-099-190000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 517 PM MDT FRI JUN 18 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...EXTREME EASTERN BENT COUNTY...WESTERN PROWERS COUNTY THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWN OF LAMAR AND SURROUNDING AREA. AT 515 PM MDT A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS DEVELOPING 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAMAR IN EXTREME EASTERN BENT COUNT. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 20 MPH AND SHOULD ENTER WESTERN PROWERS COUNTY BEFORE 530 PM MDT. PEOPLE IN EXTREME EASTERN BENT COUNTY AND WESTERN PROWERS COUNTY SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. 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.
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, Jun 18, 2:45 PM MDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-182300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 245 PM MDT FRI JUN 18 1993 ...FLOOD WATCH FOR ARKANSAS RIVER AROUND AVONDALE UNTIL MIDNIGHT... A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE ARKANSAS RIVER AROUND AVONDALE IN PUEBLO COUNTY. RIVER LEVELS ON THE ARKANSAS RIVER NEAR AVONDALE ARE RUNNING HIGH DUE TO HEAVY RAINS LAST NIGHT AND THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE AREA COULD CAUSE FLOODING ALONG THE ARKANSAS RIVER NEAR AVONDALE. REMEMBER...THIS IS A WATCH AND NOT A WARNING. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY ALONG THE ARKANSAS RIVER... ESPECIALLY THOSE NEAR AVONDALE...SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF IT BECOMES NECESSARY. BT
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:47 PM MDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-182300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 245 PM MDT FRI JUN 18 1993 ...FLOOD WATCH FOR ARKANSAS RIVER AROUND AVONDALE UNTIL MIDNIGHT... A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE ARKANSAS RIVER AROUND AVONDALE IN PUEBLO COUNTY. RIVER LEVELS ON THE ARKANSAS RIVER NEAR AVONDALE ARE RUNNING HIGH DUE TO HEAVY RAINS LAST NIGHT AND THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE AREA COULD CAUSE FLOODING ALONG THE ARKANSAS RIVER NEAR AVONDALE. REMEMBER...THIS IS A WATCH AND NOT A WARNING. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY ALONG THE ARKANSAS RIVER... ESPECIALLY THOSE NEAR AVONDALE...SHOULD REMAIN6 ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF IT BECOMES NECESSARY. BT
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 3:15 PM MDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-182215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 315 PM MDT FRI JUN 18 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 305 PM MDT...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN SOUTHWEST PUEBLO COUNTY AND IN EXTREME NORTHWEST BENT COUNTY NORTHEAST OF LA JUNTA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY HAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS...ESPECIALLY IN THE COUNTIES OF PUEBLO AND FREMONT. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE ARKANSAS RIVER AROUND AVONDALE IN EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY. BT
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 3:18 PM MDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-182215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 315 PM MDT FRI JUN 18 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 305 PM MDT...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN SOUTHWEST PUEBLO COUNTY AND IN EXTREME NORTHWEST BENT COUNTY NORTHEAST OF LA JUNTA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY HAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS...ESPECIALLY IN THE COUNTIES OF PUEBLO AND FREMONT. A FLOOD WATCH ISz IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE ARKANSAS RIVER AROUND AVONDALE IN EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY. BT
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 3:55 PM MDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-182230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 355 PM MDT FRI JUN 18 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 350 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO. ONE STORM WAS IN KIOWA COUNTY 10 MILES EAST OF ARLINGTON...ANOTHER WAS IN NORTHERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF THATCHER AND ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO IN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF TRINIDAD. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLY HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. BT
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 3:55 PM MDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-182230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 355 PM MDT FRI JUN 18 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 350 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO. ONE STORM WAS IN KIOWA COUNTY 10 MILES EAST OF ARLINGTON...ANOTHER WAS IN NORTHERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF THATCHER AND ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO IN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF TRINIDAD. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLY HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. BT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 6:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 7:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 4:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 4:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 5:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 44 min |
| Jun 18, 5:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 49 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.