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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 5, 1997Alamosa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 1997, 10:49 AM MDT for Alamosa County, Colorado. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 5, 1997, 10:49 AM MDT (16:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 1997, 11:35 AM MDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Alamosa County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 290 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 1997-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 140 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 1997-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 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
140 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1404 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 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 051646 RRA
TORPUB
COC003-051735-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1049 AM MDT TUE AUG 5 1997

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  ALAMOSA COUNTY IN SOUTHERN COLORADO

* UNTIL 1135 AM MDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  OPEN COUNTRY IN NORTHEAST OF ALAMOSA COUNTY
  GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL MONUMENT

* AT 1045 AM THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  MOSCA MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

IF YOU ARE NEAR TH&IS DANGEROUS STORM...GO TO SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

TM
 

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 7:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso61 min
Aug 5, 12:03 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBBaca117 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.