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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 1, 1997El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1997, 5:41 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 64 min. 4 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
Jun 1, 1997, 5:41 PM MDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1997, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County El Paso County, CO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 5:45 PM MDTHail 1Palmer Lake, CO
Jun 1, 5:55 PM MDTHail 0.75Monument, CO
Jun 1, 6:18 PM MDTHail 0.75Monument, CO
Jun 1, 6:18 PM MDTHail 0.75Colorado Spgs, 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 1997-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1997-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -68 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
38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-458 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-16 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 012343 RRA
SVRPUB
COC041-020045-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
541 PM MDT SUN JUN 1 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

* UNTIL 645 PM MDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  PALMER LAKE THROUGH 600 PM
  MONUMENT THROUGH 600 PM

* AT 541 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE STORM 1 MILE WEST OF MONUMENT OR
  18 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

AT THIS TIME...THE MOST LIKELY SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS STORM IS
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT.  SEVERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES.

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

KT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 6:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers48 min
Jun 1, 3:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.