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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 28, 1994Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1994, 9:48 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 17 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 1994, 9:48 PM MDT (03:48 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1994, 10:05 PM MDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Baca County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 240 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1994-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1940 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1994-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1940 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPUB 290348
TORPUB
COC009-290415-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
948 PM MDT SAT MAY 28 1994

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
      SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL BACA

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...
SPRINGFIELD...WALSH...CAMPO.

AT 940 PM MDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 12 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD
...OVERTURNING A TRUCK.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH...
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

 GRAY

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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.