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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 17, 2000El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2000, 2:21 PM MDT for El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 54 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
Jul 17, 2000, 2:21 PM MDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2000, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties El Paso County, CO, Teller County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 2000-07-17Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2000-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 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 172022
SVRPUB
COC041-119-172115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
221 PM MDT MON JUL 17 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO
  NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

* UNTIL 315 PM MDT

* AT 221 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF PALMER LAKE...OR ABOUT 28     
  MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30  
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  PALMER LAKE AROUND 235 PM MDT...
  MONUMENT AROUND 240 PM MDT...
  BLACK FOREST AROUND 300 PM MDT...
  PEYTON 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 3927 10521 3912 10522 3889 10529 3898 10489
          3899 10407 3910 10408

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 6:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca24 min
Jul 16, 7:23 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca67 min
Jul 17, 3:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso64 min
Jul 17, 3:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas61 min
Jul 17, 4:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso75 min
Jul 17, 4:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo67 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.