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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 9, 1994Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1994, 11:49 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1994, 11:49 PM MDT (05:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1994, 12:45 AM MDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Prowers County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 1994-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 401 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 1994-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
401 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1458 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPUB 100550
TORPUB
COC099-100645-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1149 PM MDT THU JUN 9 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
 
   ...PROWERS COUNTY...INCLUDING...LAMAR...AND HOLLY
 
AT 1145 PM MDT RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATED TORNADIC STORMS IN EASTERN
AND NORTHWEST PROWERS COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS
HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL 2 TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...HEAVY
RAIN...AND DAMAGING WINDS.
 
 
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.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 8:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa62 min
Jun 9, 9:16 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa59 min
Jun 9, 9:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley61 min
Jun 9, 10:14 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa61 min
Jun 9, 10:17 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBCrowley43 min
Jun 9, 10:37 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBOtero38 min
Jun 9, 10:51 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent69 min
Jun 9, 11:07 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBProwers53 min
Jun 9, 11:17 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa28 min
Jun 9, 11:40 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent50 min
Jun 10, 12:44 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca46 min
Jun 10, 2:25 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers15 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.