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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 5, 2000Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2000, 8:05 PM MDT for Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2000, 8:05 PM MDT (02:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2000, 9:05 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 251 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2000-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 636 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2000-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
636 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1342 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

003 
WUUS55 KPUB 060208
SVRPUB
COC009-071-060305-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
805 PM MDT MON JUN 5 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
  EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 905 PM MDT

* AT 805 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 36 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMPO...OR ABOUT 32 MILES
  WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  OPEN COUNTY OF EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY AND WESTERN BACA COUNTY
  INCLUDING HIGHWAY 160.

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 3742 10318 3728 10331 3690 10275 3712 10255

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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.