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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 25, 2000Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2000, 6:08 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 62 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
May 25, 2000, 6:08 PM MDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2000, 7:10 PM MDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Baca County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 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
May 25, 12:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 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 2000-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1344 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 2000-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1067 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.0

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The text

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

155 
WUUS55 KPUB 260010
SVRPUB
COC009-260110-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
608 PM MDT THU MAY 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 710 PM MDT

* AT 608 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 11 MILES SOUTH OF STONINGTON...OR ABOUT 31
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE OPEN COUNTRY OF...SOUTHEASTERN     
  BACA COUNTY EAST OF CAMPO THROUGH 700 PM.

AT THIS TIME THE MOST LIKELY KIND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS HAIL NEAR ONE
INCH IN DIAMETER. 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...LON 3734 10262 3700 10263 3699 10203 3701 10079
          3728 10078 3734 10205

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.