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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 5, 1997Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1997, 2:34 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 61 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
Jul 5, 1997, 2:34 PM MDT (20:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1997, 3:35 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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
Jul 5, 2:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 1997-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2959 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 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 052034 RRA
SVRPUB
COC061-052135-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
234 PM MDT SAT JUL 5 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO

* UNTIL 335 PM MDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  EADS BY 240 PM
  CHIVINGTON BY 300 PM
  BRANDON BY 300 PM
  SHERIDAN LAKE BY 315 PM
  TOWNER BY 315 PM.

* AT 230 PM RADAR SHOWED SEVERE STORMS FROM EADS TO 15 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF EADS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

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

REMEMBER...SEVERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE WARNING.

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

DC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 2:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas57 min
Jul 5, 2:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers57 min
Jul 5, 3:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca63 min
Jul 5, 3:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers60 min
Jul 5, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca35 min
Jul 5, 5:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca61 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.