Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 1993, 5:30 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1993, 5:30 PM MDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1993, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pueblo County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 366 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 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 142329 TORPUB COC101-150000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 530 PM MDT WED JUL 14 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...SOUTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY AT 526 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SEVERAL REPORTS FROM THE PUBLIC OF POSSIBLE TORNADOES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED WITH THIS STORM. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. &
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, Jul 14, 2:17 PM MDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
COZ004>010-142100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO 220 PM MDT WED JUL 14 1993 ...ANOTHER AFTERNOON OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO... MONSOON MOISTURE CONTINUES TO FLOW OVER THE AREA AND HAS ONCE AGAIN COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON HEATING TO CREATE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. REMEMBER THAT ALL THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS...SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A THUNDERSTORM IS INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER...AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL OR STATE POLICE FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BTK
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:20 PM MDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
COZ004>010-142100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO 220 PM MDT WED JUL 14 1993 ...ANOTHER AFTERNOON OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO... MONSOON MOISTURE CONTINUES TO FLOW OVER THE AREA AND HAS ONCE AGAIN COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON HEATING TO CREATE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. REMEMBER THAT ALL THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS...SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A THUNDERSTORM IS INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER...AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL OR STATE POLICE FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BTK
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:27 PM MDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
COZ010-015-016-017-142130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 226 PM MDT WED JULY 14 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTION OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO TIL 900 PM MDT... AT 220 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF COLORADO. THE STRONGEST STORMS AT THIS TIME WERE JUST EAST OF SALIDA IN WESTERN FREMONT COUNTY WITH OTHER STORMS DEVELOPING IN HUERFANO COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN ...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. AREAS WHICH HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN THE LAST FEW DAYS WILL ALSO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. LISTEN TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BT
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:27 PM MDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
COZ010-015-016-017-142130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 226 PM MDT WED JULY 14 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTION OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO TIL 900 PM MDT... AT 220 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF COLORADO. THE STRONGEST STORMS AT THIS TIME WERE JUST EAST OF SALIDA IN WESTERN FREMONT COUNTY WITH OTHER STORMS DEVELOPING IN HUERFANO COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN ...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. AREAS WHICH HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN THE LAST FEW DAYS WILL ALSO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. LISTEN TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BT
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:25 PM MDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
COZ010-015-016-017-142215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 324 PM MDT WED JULY 14 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS... AT 320 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF COLORADO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY SOUTH OF THE ROYAL GORGE...AND IN WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY NORTHWEST OF TRINIDAD. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS IN THE TOWNS OF CANON CITY IN FREMONT COUNTY AND AGUILAR IN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER AS THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THEIR AREAS. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN ...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. AREAS WHICH HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN THE LAST FEW DAYS WILL ALSO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING. BT
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:25 PM MDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
COZ010-015-016-017-142215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 324 PM MDT WED JULY 14 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS... AT 320 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF COLORADO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY SOUTH OF THE ROYAL GORGE...AND IN WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY NORTHWEST OF TRINIDAD. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS IN THE TOWNS OF CANON CITY IN FREMONT COUNTY AND AGUILAR IN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER AS THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THEIR AREAS. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN ...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. AREAS WHICH HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN THE LAST FEW DAYS WILL ALSO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING. BT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 4:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 50 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.