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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 2, 1995Bent County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1995, 5:20 PM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1995, 5:20 PM MDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1995, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Bent County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-02Temperature 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 1995-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2027 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 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 022323 RRA
TORPUB
COC011-022345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
520 PM MDT FRI JUN 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
 
   ...NORTHERN BENT COUNTY
 
PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAS ANIMAS
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
 
A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO NORTH OF LAS ANIMAS AT 515
PM MDT.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE TO GO IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM...
SUCH ASF A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
 
TLM
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 2:39 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBLas Animas51 min
Jun 2, 2:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero, Pueblo66 min
Jun 2, 3:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo64 min
Jun 2, 3:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley56 min
Jun 2, 4:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero59 min
Jun 2, 4:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas69 min
Jun 2, 4:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso67 min
Jun 2, 4:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent68 min
Jun 2, 5:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers60 min
Jun 2, 5:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent30 min
Jun 2, 5:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas25 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.