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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 25, 1997El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1997, 5:09 PM MDT for El Paso 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
Jun 25, 1997, 5:09 PM MDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1997, 5:55 PM MDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 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 25, 1:45 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 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 1997-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 51 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 1997-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
51 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-211 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 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 252309 RRA
SVRPUB
COC041-252355-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
509 PM MDT WED JUN 25 1997

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

* UNTIL 555 PM MDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  OPEN COUNTRY OF SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 94 AND
EAST   OF INTERSTATE 25.

* AT 510 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE STORM 10 MILES EAST OF FOUNTAIN
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

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

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

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

PE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 6:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa65 min
Jun 24, 7:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa64 min
Jun 25, 2:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo64 min
Jun 25, 3:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas61 min
Jun 25, 3:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso62 min
Jun 25, 3:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero, Pueblo62 min
Jun 25, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero60 min
Jun 25, 5:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo62 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.