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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 20, 2001Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2001, 5:54 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 51 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
May 20, 2001, 5:54 PM MDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 2001, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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 nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 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 2001-05-20Temperature 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 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 2001-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 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
2718 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 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 202356
SVRPUB
COC061-210045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
554 PM MDT SUN MAY 20 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 645 PM MDT

* AT 554 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF HASWELL...OR ABOUT 44
  MILES NORTH OF LA JUNTA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  HASWELL...ARLINGTON AROUND 605 PM MDT
  EADS AROUND 625 PM MDT
  SWEETWATER RESERVOIR AROUND 635 PM MDT
  NEE GRANDE RESERVOIR...NEE NOSHE RESERVOIR AROUND 640 PM MDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM! DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY. GET
INDOORS AND IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A BASEMENT CAN 
OFFER THE BEST PROTECTION.  1/2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL CAN ALSO BE 
EXPECTED.

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

LAT...LON 3861 10277 3849 10346 3827 10346 3828 10265

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 5:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso28 min
May 20, 5:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso31 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.