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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 30, 19934 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 30, 1993, 6:55 PM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 1993, 6:55 PM MDT (00:55 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1993, 7:43 PM MDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Otero County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 00:00Z on 1993-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 36 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 00:00Z on 1993-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
235 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 310056
TORPUB
COC011-025-061-089-310145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
655 PM MDT SUN MAY 30 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN BENT COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY
   ...SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY
 
AT 649 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON IN KIOWA COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING ISSUED FOR NORTHERN BENT...EASTERN CROWLEY AND WESTERN KIOWA
COUNTIES.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 6:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Kiowa40 min
May 30, 6:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent40 min
May 30, 7:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent40 min
May 31, 4:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo51 min
May 31, 4:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas38 min
May 31, 5:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero66 min
May 31, 5:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo65 min
May 31, 5:50 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBPueblo40 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.