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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Pueblo, CO

April 29, 2000Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2000, 9:07 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 63 min. 2 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
Apr 29, 2000, 9:07 PM MDT (03:07 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2000, 10:10 PM MDT
In force
63 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 03:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 29, 9:48 PM MDTHail 0.75Haswell, CO
Apr 29, 10:08 PM MDTHail 0.75Haswell, 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
Apr 29, 9:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 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 00:00Z on 2000-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 684 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2000-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 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
684 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-235 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1790 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS55 KPUB 300309
SVRPUB
COC061-300410-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
907 PM MDT SAT APR 29 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 1010 PM MDT

* AT 907 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARLINGTON...OR ABOUT 30
  MILES NORTH OF LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  ARLINGTON AROUND 915 PM MDT

AT THIS TIME THE MOST LIKELY KIND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS HAIL NEAR ONE 
INCH IN DIAMETER AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. IF POSSIBLE...WITHOUT RISKING 
YOUR SAFETY...PROTECT PROPERTY BEFORE THE WEATHER HITS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN PUEBLO.

LAT.R..LON 3847 10348 3830 10342 3830 10294 3853 10301

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 9:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa63 min
Apr 29, 10:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero45 min
Apr 30, 12:34 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers61 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.