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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2000, 3:29 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2000, 3:29 PM MDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2000, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County El Paso County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 3:33 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Security, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 12:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -382 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1857 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
420 WUUS55 KPUB 252130 SVRPUB COC041-252230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 329 PM MDT THU MAY 25 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS * UNTIL 430 PM MDT * AT 329 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER FORT CARSON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE... PETERSON AFB AROUND 335 PM MDT FALCON...SCHRIEVER AFB AROUND 345 PM MDT ELLICOTT AROUND 355 PM MDT PEYTON AROUND 400 PM MDT CALHAN AROUND 415 PM MDT RAMAH AROUND 430 PM MDT AT THIS TIME THE MOST LIKELY KIND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS HAIL AROUND ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH. GET INDOORS AND IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE BEST PROTECTION. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN PUEBLO. LAT...LON 3879 10490 3864 10477 3905 10388 3927 10407
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 62 min |
| May 24, 8:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 61 min |
| May 25, 4:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 29 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.