Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2000, 3:26 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 64 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 17, 2000, 3:26 PM MDT (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2000, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 64 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), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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 17, 3:45 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Colorado Spgs, 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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
098 WUUS55 KPUB 172126 SVRPUB COC041-172230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 326 PM MDT MON JUL 17 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS. * UNTIL 430 PM MDT. * AT 326 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BROADMOOR...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE... COLORADO SPRINGS AROUND 345 PM MDT... SECURITY...WIDEFIELD AROUND 350 PM MDT... PETERSON AFB AROUND 355 PM MDT... FALCON AROUND 425 PM MDT... SCHRIEVER AFB AROUND 430 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 3887 10495 3870 10491 3873 10440 3899 10446
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 6:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 24 min |
| Jul 16, 7:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 67 min |
| Jul 17, 2:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 54 min |
| Jul 17, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 61 min |
| Jul 17, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 75 min |
| Jul 17, 4:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 67 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.