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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 15, 1995Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 15, 1995, 4:26 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1995, 4:26 PM MDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1995, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Kiowa County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 1995-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 143 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 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 152228
TORPUB
COC061-152300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
426 PM MDT MON MAY 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
 
   ...EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF SHERIDAN
LAKE AND A SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD FROM THIS STORM. THE TORNADO
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.  PEOPLE IN AND AROUND THE TOWNS
OF SHERIDAN LAKE AND TOWNER SHOULD PREPARE TO TAKE COVER.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR VEHICLE TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. VEHICLES CAN BE
VIOLENTLY TOSSED AROUND BY T&ORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PA
A TORNADO...LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...GO TO A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 3:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa40 min
May 15, 3:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa62 min
May 15, 4:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers69 min
May 15, 4:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent32 min
May 15, 5:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa55 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.