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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 28, 2000Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2000, 4:46 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 2000, 4:46 PM MDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2000, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Las Animas County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 297 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°0°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.

981 
WUUS55 KPUB 282247
SVRPUB
COC071-282345-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 545 PM MDT

* AT 444 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF MODEL...OR ABOUT 20 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF TRINIDAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  MODEL AROUND 455 PM MDT
  TRINCHERA AROUND 545 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 3752 10427 3741 10445 3694 10403 3711 10376

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, 2:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso59 min
Jul 28, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.