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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 9, 1994Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1994, 11:07 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1994, 11:07 PM MDT (05:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1994, 12:00 AM MDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Prowers County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 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 100508
TORPUB
COC099-100600-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1107 PM MDT THU JUN 9 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
 
   ...NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY...INCLUDING...HOLLY...GRANADA...BISTOL AND
                                            HARTMAN.
 
AT 1104 PM MDT TORNADIC STORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY
ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLLY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 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.

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, 11:17 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

Nearby

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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.