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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 16, 2000Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2000, 2:11 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 2000, 2:11 PM MDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2000, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Pueblo County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 219 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2000-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2000-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2027 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 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.

000 
WUUS55 KPUB 162011
SVRPUB
COC101-162115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
211 PM MDT SUN JUL 16 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 315 PM MDT

* AT 211 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF BEULAH...OR ABOUT 20 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  PUEBLO RESERVOIR AROUND 315 PM MDT.

AT THIS TIME THE MOST LIKELY KIND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS HAIL NEAR ONE
INCH IN DIAMETER. IF POSSIBLE...WITHOUT RISKING YOUR SAFETY...PROTECT
PROPERTY BEFORE THE WEATHER HITS.

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 3824 10504 3805= 10503 3806 10459 3833 10464

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 3:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso54 min
Jul 16, 3:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas61 min
Jul 16, 4:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas55 min
Jul 16, 5:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.