Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2000, 7:06 PM MDT for Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2000, 7:06 PM MDT (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2000, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Baca County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:06 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Holly, CO |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 226 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3787 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
529 WUUS55 KPUB 030106 SVRPUB COC009-099-030200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 706 PM MDT SUN JUL 2 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD SOUTHERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO * UNTIL 800 PM MDT * AT 706 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF TWO BUTTES...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE... VILAS AROUND 715 PM MDT TWO BUTTES AROUND 725 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 3778 10264 3731 10294 3742 10203 3783 10204
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 3:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Saguache | 63 min |
| Jul 3, 4:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 54 min |
| Jul 3, 4:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Saguache | 57 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.