Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2000, 6:21 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 39 min. 2 reports 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 7, 2000, 6:21 PM MDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2000, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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 7, 6:27 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 M | Colorado Spgs, CO | |
| Jul 7, 6:46 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Colorado Spgs, CO | A camper trailer towed by a vehicle was blown off Interstate 25 near downtown Colorado Springs. |
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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3973 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
645 WUUS55 KPUB 080023 SVRPUB COC041-080100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 621 PM MDT FRI JUL 7 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS * UNTIL 700 PM MDT * AT 621 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT CARSON...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE... FORT CARSON...FOUNTAIN...BROADMOOR...CHEYENNE CANYON AROUND 640 PM MDT SECURITY...WIDEFIELD AROUND 650 PM MDT COLORADO SPRINGS...PETERSON AFB AROUND 655 PM MDT WEAK THUNDERSTORMS WERE CAUSING VERY STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS IN THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA. WIND GUSTS TO 62 MPH WERE MEASURED NEAR BROADMOOR AT 615PM. DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY. 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 3882 10493 3853 10488 3854 10442 3899 10462
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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.