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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 1, 1998Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 1998, 5:48 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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 1, 1998, 5:48 PM MDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 1998, 6:20 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Pueblo County, CO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 5:48 PM MDTHail 0.75Pueblo West, 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 12:00Z, 11.8 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 12:00Z on 1998-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 215 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 12:00Z on 1998-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
215 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-380 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
994 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPUB 012348 RRA
TORPUB
COC101-020020-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
548 PM MDT WED JUL 1 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO

* UNTIL 620 PM MDT

* AT 540 PM MDT...RADAR SHOWED A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF THE PUEBLO
  RESERVOIR OR 17 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO. MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE OPEN COUNTRY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50
AND WEST OF THE PUEBLO RESERVOIR THROUGH 610 PM.  IF YOU ARE IN OR
CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA GO TO SAFETY IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.  A BASEMENT OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION.  ABANDON
VEHICLES AND MOBILE ~HOMES FOR A DITCH...CULVERT OR REINFORCED
BUILDING.

AH/KT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 7:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas31 min
Jul 1, 4:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas48 min
Jul 1, 4:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso62 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.