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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 2, 1993Baca County, Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1993, 4:55 PM MDT for Baca County, Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 2, 1993, 4:55 PM MDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 1993, 5:30 PM MDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Whole counties

Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 205 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPUB 022256
TORPUB
COC009-011-099-022330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
455 PM MDT WED JUN 2 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
 
   ...NORTHERN BACA COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY
   ...SOUTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AT 450 PM MDT IN
EXTREME NORTHWEST BACA COUNTY...ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD.
THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST 15 MPH.
 
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.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
 
 
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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, 4:51 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	54 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

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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.