Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2000, 2:42 PM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 63 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 22, 2000, 2:42 PM MDT (20:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2000, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Teller County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 3:12 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Cripple Creek, 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 823 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
182 WUUS55 KPUB 222044 SVRPUB COC119-222145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 242 PM MDT SAT JUL 22 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO * UNTIL 345 PM MDT * AT 242 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF VICTOR...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE... CRIPPLE CREEK AROUND 245 PM MDT... VICTOR AROUND 247 PM MDT... AND OPEN COUNTRY OF...SOUTHEASTERN TELLER COUNTY. 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 3886 10511 3872 10526 3866 10495 3875 10494
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 5:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 62 min |
| Jul 22, 5:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Huerfano | 56 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.