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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 9, 1994Bent County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1994, 11:40 PM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1994, 11:40 PM MDT (05:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1994, 12:30 AM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Bent County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 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 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 100541
TORPUB
COC011-100630-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1140 PM MDT THU JUN 9 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
 
   ...SOUTHERN BENT COUNTY
 
AT 1135 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A TORNADIC STORM IN SOUTHERN BENT
COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT
THE TOONERVILLE AND RUXTON AREAS.
 
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN BENT COUNTY.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
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
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, 11:49 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.