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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 31, 1997Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 31, 1997, 5:38 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 min. 2 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
May 31, 1997, 5:38 PM MDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1997, 6:10 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Prowers County, CO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 31, 5:45 PM MDTHail 0.75Bristol, CO
May 31, 5:50 PM MDTHail 0.75Granada, 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 220 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1997-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1997-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
855 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 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 312341 RRA
TORPUB
COC099-010010-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
538 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 1997

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO

* UNTIL 610 PM MDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 385 AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50 THROUGH 550
   PM
  NEAR CARLTON...WEST OF GRANADA...AROUND 550 PM

* AT 537 PM RADAR SHOWED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF
  BRISTOL...OR 14 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...MOVING SOUTH AT 15
  MPH.

IF YOU ARE NEAR THIS DANGEROUS STORM...GO TO SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

KT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 5:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers63 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.