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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 24, 2000Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2000, 7:06 PM MDT for Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 84 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 24, 2000, 7:06 PM MDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2000, 8:30 PM MDT
In force
84 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Baca County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 218 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 2000-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2839 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 2000-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
2839 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1670 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

448 
WUUS55 KPUB 250106
SVRPUB
COC009-099-250230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
706 PM MDT SAT JUN 24 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD
  SOUTHERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 830 PM MDT

* AT 706 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF TWO BUTTES...OR ABOUT 17
  MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  TWO BUTTES AROUND 725 PM MDT
  BARTLETT AROUND 755 PM MDT
  SPRINGFIELD AROUND 800 PM MDT
  WALSH AROUND 805 PM MDT
  VILAS AROUND 810 PM MDT
  STONINGTON AROUND 825 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 3774 10207 3772 10273 3701 10276 3703 10206

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 3:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca65 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.