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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 2, 1993Crowley County, Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1993, 4:15 PM MDT for Crowley County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1993, 4:15 PM MDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1993, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 104 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, Fort Carson/Butt, CO at 12:00Z on 1993-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Carson/Butt, CO at 12:00Z on 1993-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-171 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1880 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 2:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo51 min
Jun 2, 3:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Pueblo14 min
Jun 2, 3:32 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBCrowley43 min
Jun 2, 4:51 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent, Otero54 min
Jun 2, 4:55 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Prowers35 min
Jun 2, 5:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent40 min
Jun 2, 5:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers65 min
Jun 2, 5:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Prowers54 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.