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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 22, 1996Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 1996, 9:10 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 50 min. 3 reports 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
Jul 22, 1996, 9:10 PM MDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 1996, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Pueblo County, CO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 22, 9:30 PM MDTHail 0.88Pueblo West, CO
Jul 22, 9:38 PM MDTHail 1Pueblo, CO
Jul 22, 10:00 PM MDTHail 0.75Pueblo, CO

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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 219 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 1996-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1415 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 1996-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
1415 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
18.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPUB 230310
TORPUB
COC101-230400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
910 PM MDT MON JUL 22 1996

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY      IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    OPEN COUNTRY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 25 THROUGH
    920 PM...NEAR PINON BY 925 PM

* AT 909 PM RADAR SHOWED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  PUEBLO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

A FOLLOW UP STATEMENT WITH MORE DETAILS ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER
SITUATION WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.

SR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 8:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo51 min
Jul 22, 8:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso61 min
Jul 22, 9:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo65 min
Jul 22, 9:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo2 hr
Jul 22, 9:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso61 min
Jul 22, 10:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo46 min
Jul 23, 5:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas61 min
Jul 23, 5:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso62 min

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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.