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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 3, 1995Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1995, 4:32 PM MDT for Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1995, 4:32 PM MDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1995, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Otero County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 223 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 1995-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 78 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1995-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
78 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1004 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 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 032236 COR
TORPUB
COC089-032330-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
432 PM MDT SAT JUN 3 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

...SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY

A TORNADO WILL MOVE ACROSS HIGHWAY 350 IN THE VINCINITY OF TIMPAS BY
440 PM MDT.

AT 430 PM MDT THIS TORNADO WAS 2 MILES WEST OF TIMPAS...OR 16 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LA JUNTA.  THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.

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 AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.

HAYNES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 6:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa57 min
Jun 2, 6:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso64 min
Jun 2, 7:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas, Otero61 min
Jun 2, 8:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso37 min
Jun 2, 8:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso55 min
Jun 2, 9:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso60 min
Jun 2, 9:58 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso5 hr
Jun 3, 1:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano59 min
Jun 3, 2:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero59 min
Jun 3, 3:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent45 min
Jun 3, 3:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo69 min
Jun 3, 3:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero57 min
Jun 3, 4:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent62 min
Jun 3, 4:47 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBPueblo3 hr
Jun 3, 4:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo58 min
Jun 3, 5:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero54 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.