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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 22, 2000Huerfano County, Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2000, 6:11 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 64 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 2000, 6:11 PM MDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2000, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 22, 6:27 PM MDTHail 2Walsenburg, CO
Jul 22, 6:40 PM MDTHail 0.75Hoehne, CO
Jul 22, 7:25 PM MDTHail 1.75Cuchara, 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 286 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 00:00Z on 2000-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 902 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2000-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 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
902 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2662 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS55 KPUB 230012
SVRPUB
COC055-071-230115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
611 PM MDT SAT JUL 22 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
  WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TRINIDAD

* UNTIL 715 PM MDT

* AT 611 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA VETA...OR ABOUT 15
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALSENBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  SEGUNDO AROUND 630 PM MDT...
  GULNARE AROUND 635 PM MDT...
  BONCARBO AROUND 640 PM MDT...
  AGUILAR AROUND 650 PM MDT...
  COKEDALE AROUND 655 PM MDT...
  TRINIDAD AROUND 710 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.j..LON 3755 10512 3702 10512 3702 10431 3762 10437

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 6:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa65 min
Jul 22, 7:13 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa47 min
Jul 22, 7:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas55 min
Jul 22, 7:57 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers63 min
Jul 22, 8:33 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent27 min
Jul 22, 9:00 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent60 min
Jul 22, 9:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers39 min
Jul 22, 9:26 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca64 min
Jul 22, 10:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca60 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.