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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 2, 2000Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 2, 7:06 PM MDTHail 0.75Holly, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2000-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3787 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 2000-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 3:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBSaguache63 min
Jul 3, 4:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers54 min
Jul 3, 4:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBSaguache57 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.