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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 28, 2000El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2000, 2:46 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 59 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 28, 2000, 2:46 PM MDT (20:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2000, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County El Paso County, CO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 28, 3:05 PM MDTHail 0.75Colorado 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 2000-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 103 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
103 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-417 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1921 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 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.

826 
WUUS55 KPUB 282047
SVRPUB
COC041-282145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
246 PM MDT FRI JUL 28 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 PM MDT

* AT 246 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCHRIEVER AFB...OR ABOUT
  16 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  SCHRIEVER AFB THROUGH 300 PM MDT...
  ELLICOTT AROUND 310 PM MDT...
  TRUCKTON...YODER AROUND 345 PM MDT...
  OPEN COUNTRY OF SOUTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH 345 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 3886 10459 3855 10458 3855 10407 3893 10409

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 6:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca61 min
Jul 28, 1:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso62 min
Jul 28, 4:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas59 min
Jul 28, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso61 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.