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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 27, 1994Bent County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 1994, 3:24 PM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1994, 3:24 PM MDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1994, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Bent County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 213 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1994-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1994-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-238 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1442 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 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 272126
TORPUB
COC011-061-272200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
324 PM MDT WED JUL 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN BENT COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY
 
...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF ARLINGTON AND CORNELIA.
 
...AT 320 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN SOUTHWEST KIOWA
COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 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.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 2:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa35 min
Jul 27, 3:24 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa17 min
Jul 27, 4:03 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent27 min
Jul 27, 4:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas42 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.