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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 14, 2001Crowley County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2001, 5:24 PM MDT for Crowley County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 96 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 14, 2001, 5:24 PM MDT (23:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2001, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Crowley County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 14, 4:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 2001-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1429 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-25 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.

000 
WUUS55 KPUB 142326
SVRPUB

COC025-101-150100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
524 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
  PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 700 PM MDT

* AT 524 PM MDT SPOTTERS IN BOONE WERE REPORTING DAMAGING WINDS AND  
  HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER. RADAR HAS SHOWED THIS STORM IS      
  CONTINUING TO INTENSIFY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR    
  SHOWED THE  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF OLNEY        
  SPRINGS...OR ABOUT  21 MILES EAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING EAST AT 30    
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  OLNEY SPRINGS AROUND 545 PM MDT
  CROWLEY AROUND 550 PM MDT
  ORDWAY AROUND 600 PM MDT
  SUGAR CITY AROUND 610 PM MDT


AT THIS TIME THE MOST LIKELY KIND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS HAIL ONE TO
TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 70 MPH. GET INDOORS
AND IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE
BEST PROTECTION.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAYB YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN PUEBLO.

LAT...LON 3837 10425 3818 10424 3813 10370 3836 10353

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 3:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont65 min
Jul 14, 4:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo88 min
Jul 14, 5:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.