Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2001, 8:03 PM MDT for Crowley County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 42 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 16, 2001, 8:03 PM MDT (02:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2001, 8:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 198 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 406 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2367 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
172 WWUS45 KPUB 170206 SVRPUB COC025-089-170245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 803 PM MDT WED MAY 16 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO NORTHERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO * UNTIL 845 PM MDT * AT 803 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER FOWLER...OR ABOUT 28 MILES WEST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE... MANZANOLA...CROWLEY AROUND 810 PM MDT ORDWAY AROUND 820 PM MDT ROCKY FORD AROUND 825 PM MDT SWINK AROUND 830 PM MDT CHERAW AROUND 845 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 3823 10405 3805 10407 3797 10340 3822 10340
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 12:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 52 min |
| May 17, 1:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 97 min |
| May 17, 3:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 47 min |
| May 17, 4:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 86 min |
| May 17, 4:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 89 min |
| May 17, 5:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 97 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.