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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 17, 2000Bent County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 17, 2000, 7:03 PM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 57 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 17, 2000, 7:03 PM MDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2000, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Bent County, CO

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 17, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 221 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 2000-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 366 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 00:00Z on 2000-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -72 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
366 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
977 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-1.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS55 KPUB 180104
TORPUB
COC011-180200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
703 PM MDT MON JUL 17 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 800 PM MDT

* AT 703 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER WESTERN BENT COUNTY...OR ABOUT 19 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE OPEN COUNTRY OF...  
  SOUTHERN BENT COUNTY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...AND A
TORNADO IS VERY NEAR...GO TO A NEARBY REINFORCEDT BUILDING AND GET IN
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AS A
LAST RESORT...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH OR CULVERT...AND COVER YOUR HEAD!


LAT...LON 3803 10337 3771 10338 3765 10274 3798 10273

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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.