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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 12, 1997Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1997, 1:32 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 48 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
Jun 12, 1997, 1:32 PM MDT (19:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 1997, 2:20 PM MDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 12, 12:30 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 59 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, Fort Carson/Butt, CO at 12:00Z on 1997-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Carson/Butt, CO at 12:00Z on 1997-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1705 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 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 121933 RRA
SVRPUB
COC101-122020-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
132 PM MDT THU JUN 12 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO

* UNTIL 220 PM MDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN BOONE AND FOWLER BY 150 PM

* AT 130 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE STORM 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  PUEBLO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

AT THIS TIME.F..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.

RSG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 1:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero63 min
Jun 12, 2:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent61 min
Jun 12, 3:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent61 min
Jun 12, 4:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca63 min
Jun 12, 4:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso59 min
Jun 12, 5:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca62 min
Jun 12, 5:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.