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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 9, 1994Crowley County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1994, 10:17 PM MDT for Crowley County, Colorado. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1994, 10:17 PM MDT (04:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1994, 11:00 PM MDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Crowley County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 00:00Z on 1994-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 365 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1994-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
365 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2530 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPUB 100418
TORPUB
COC025-100500-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1017 PM MDT THU JUN 9 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
 
   ...CROWLEY COUNTY
 
AT 1013 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
THE TOWN OF SUGAR CITY IN CROWLEY COUNTY...MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 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 FHLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

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, 10:37 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 9, 11:49 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBProwers56 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.