Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Pueblo, CO
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 6:27 PM MDT | Hail 2 | Walsenburg, CO | |
| Jul 22, 6:40 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Hoehne, CO | |
| Jul 22, 7:25 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Cuchara, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 6:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 65 min |
| Jul 22, 7:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 47 min |
| Jul 22, 7:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 55 min |
| Jul 22, 7:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 63 min |
| Jul 22, 8:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent | 27 min |
| Jul 22, 9:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent | 60 min |
| Jul 22, 9:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 9:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 64 min |
| Jul 22, 10:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 60 min |
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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.