Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Pueblo, CO
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 3:05 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, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 6:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 61 min |
| Jul 28, 1:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 62 min |
| Jul 28, 4:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 59 min |
| Jul 28, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 61 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.