Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 5, 1998Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1998, 7:25 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 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
May 5, 1998, 7:25 PM MDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 1998, 8:25 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Baca County, CO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 5, 8:05 PM MDTHail 0.75Walsh, 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 5, 6:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 240 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1998-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 84 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1998-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
84 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1181 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
261 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.

622 
WUUS1 KPUB 060126 RRA
SVRPUB
COC009-060225-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
725 PM MDT TUE MAY 5 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO

* UNTIL 825 PM MDT

* AT 720 PM...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE STORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  SPRINGFIELD MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE HIGHWAY 287/385 FROM SPRINGFIELD
NORTH TO 10 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD THROUGH 740 PM AND THE
VICINITY OF TWO BUTTES BY 8 PM.  AT THIS TIME...THE MOST LIKELY
SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS STORM IS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
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.  SEVERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE WARNING.

JKH/JK

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.