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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 29, 2000Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2000, 6:08 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 67 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 29, 2000, 6:08 PM MDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2000, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 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
Jun 29, 3:15 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 197 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 2000-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 479 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2000-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 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
479 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1346 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

822 
WUUS55 KPUB 300010
SVRPUB
COC061-099-300115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
608 PM MDT THU JUN 29 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
  NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 715 PM MDT

* AT 608 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHERIDAN LAKE...OR ABOUT
  22 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  TOWNER AROUND 625 PM MDT
  BRISTOL AROUND 705 PM MDT
  GRANADA...HOLLY...HARTMAN AROUND 715 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 3866 10187 3832 10262 3785 10228 3818 10153

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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.