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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 16, 1995Bent County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 16, 1995, 8:52 PM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 1995, 8:52 PM MDT (02:52 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 1995, 9:30 PM MDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Whole counties

County Bent County, CO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 16, 8:58 PM MDT	Tornado F0	Mcclave, CO	A tornado briefly touchdown just south of McClave, no damage.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 53 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 170253
TORPUB
COC011-170330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
852 PM MDT TUE MAY 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR IN PUEBLO INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR HASTY AND MCCLAVE. THE
STORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO IS MOVING AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN AND
NEAR THE TOWNS OF HASTY AND MCCLAVE AS WELL AS MOTORISTS ALONG US
50 NEAR THESE TOWNS SHOULD PREPARE FOR A TORNADO.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR VEHICLE TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. VEHICLES CAN BE
VIOLENTLY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO 2WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH
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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 6:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	40 min
May 16, 7:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	42 min
May 16, 7:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	48 min
May 16, 7:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	45 min
May 16, 8:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Otero	45 min
May 16, 8:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	51 min
May 16, 8:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Otero	30 min
May 16, 9:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent	57 min
May 16, 9:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	65 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.