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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Pueblo, CO

September 17, 2001Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 17, 2001, 5:22 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 63 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
Sep 17, 2001, 5:22 PM MDT (23:22 UTC)
Expired
Sep 17, 2001, 6:25 PM MDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 17, 1:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 243 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 2001-09-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2001-09-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 434 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-207 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
434 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
422 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.

152 
WUUS55 KPUB 172324
SVRPUB
COC101-180025-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
522 PM MDT MON SEP 17 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 625 PM MDT

* AT 522 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A      
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO CITY...OR ABOUT  
  23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  CEDARWOOD AROUND 555 PM MDT

AT THIS TIME THE MOST LIKELY KIND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS HAIL AROUND
ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 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 RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN PUEBLO.

LAT...LON 3810 10486 3793 10496 3784 10427 3791 10426

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 16, 7:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers60 min
Sep 17, 3:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Pueblo57 min
Sep 17, 4:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero65 min
Sep 17, 5:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent67 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.