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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 12, 2000Bent County, Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2000, 1:42 PM MDT for Bent County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 43 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 12, 2000, 1:42 PM MDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2000, 2:25 PM MDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Bent County, CO, Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2000-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2000-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-349 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3172 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

891 
WUUS55 KPUB 121944
SVRPUB
COC011-071-122025-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
142 PM MDT MON JUN 12 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 225 PM MDT

* AT 142 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...
  OR ABOUT 27 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...OPEN COUNTRY OF EXTREME        
  NORTHEAST LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...AND OPEN COUNTRY OF SOUTH CENTRAL 
  BENT COUNTY

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 3738 10320 3743 10308 3769 10307 3790 10302
          3790 10330

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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.