Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1993, 4:51 PM MDT for Bent County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1993, 4:51 PM MDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1993, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bent County, CO, Otero County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 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
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 2, 12:02 PM MDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
COC041-039-073-042-021900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 1202 PM MDT WED JUN 2 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 600 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL COLORADO... TELLER...EL PASO...ELBERT AND LINCOLN COUNTIES... AT 1155 AM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS DOUGLAS COUNTY INTO ELBERT COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF ELIZABETH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED WEST OF ELIZABETH WAS MOVING TOWARD ELIZABETH AND WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WITHIN THE NEXT 15 TO 20 MINUTES AND KIOWA WITHIN THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY DURING THE LAST HALF HOUR...PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE FAST ACTION AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...OR YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MAXWELL
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 12:03 PM MDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
COC041-039-073-042-021900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 1202 PM MDT WED JUN 2 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 600 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL COLORADO... TELLER...EL PASO...ELBERT AND LINCOLN COUNTIES... AT 1155 AM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS DOUGLAS COUNTY INTO ELBERT COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF ELIZABETH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED WEST OF ELIZABETH WAS MOVING TOWARD ELIZABETH AND WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WITHIN THE NEXT 15 TO 20 MINUTES AND KIOWA WITHIN THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY DURING THE LAST HALF HOUR...PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE FAST ACTION AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...OR YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MAXWELL
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:06 PM MDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
COC041-039-073-042-022015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 106 PM MDT WED JUN 2 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6OO PM THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO... AT 100 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WERE LOCATED NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR CRIPPLE CREEK NORTHEASTWARD TO THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY...ELBERT AND AGATE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN ELBERT AND ELIZABETH AND NORTHEAST OF KIOWA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. SPOTTER'S IN ELBERT COUNTY NEAR ELIZABETH REPORTED GUSTY SURFACE WINDS ...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND SMALL SLUSHY HAIL DURING THE LAST HALF HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE...HOWEVER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGER HAIL... STRONG WINDS...AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO. WITH THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ...MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG ROAD WAYS AS WATER MAY ACCUMULATE RAPIDLY. AVOID CROSSING ROADS WERE WATER IS FLOWING SWIFTLY OR OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...OR YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MAXWELL `
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:06 PM MDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
COC041-039-073-042-022015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 106 PM MDT WED JUN 2 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6OO PM THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO... AT 100 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WERE LOCATED NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR CRIPPLE CREEK NORTHEASTWARD TO THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY...ELBERT AND AGATE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN ELBERT AND ELIZABETH AND NORTHEAST OF KIOWA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. SPOTTER'S IN ELBERT COUNTY NEAR ELIZABETH REPORTED GUSTY SURFACE WINDS ...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND SMALL SLUSHY HAIL DURING THE LAST HALF HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE...HOWEVER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGER HAIL... STRONG WINDS...AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO. WITH THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ...MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG ROAD WAYS AS WATER MAY ACCUMULATE RAPIDLY. AVOID CROSSING ROADS WERE WATER IS FLOWING SWIFTLY OR OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...OR YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MAXWELL
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:55 PM MDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-022045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 155 PM MDT WED JUN 2 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS IN PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 150 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF PUEBLO MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. ALSO...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THAT INCLUDES MUCH OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. BT
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:57 PM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-022045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 155 PM MDT WED JUN 2 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS IN PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 150 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF PUEBLO MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. ALSO...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THAT INCLUDES MUCH OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. IF fTHREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES BE PREPARED TO 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 2, 2:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 51 min |
| Jun 2, 3:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Pueblo | 14 min |
| Jun 2, 3:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 4:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 4:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 5:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 5:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 5:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 54 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.