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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 30, 2001El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2001, 1:59 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2001, 1:59 PM MDT (19:59 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2001, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 30, 3:00 PM MDTHail 0.75Pueblo, CO

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 2001-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
982 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 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 302001
SVRPUB

COC041-302100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
159 PM MDT WED MAY 30 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

* UNTIL 300 PM MDT

* AT 159 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROADMOOR...OR ABOUT 10   
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...IT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  15 MPH. 

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  BROADMOOR...CHEYENNE CANYON THROUGH 215 PM
  FOUNTAIN THROUGH 245 PM
  FORT CARSON THROUGH 245 PM

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 REP{ORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN PUEBLO.

LAT...LON 3867 10499 3867 10476 3885 10476 3885 10499

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 1:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo54 min
May 30, 2:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo57 min
May 30, 3:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas88 min
May 30, 4:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont57 min
May 30, 4:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo66 min
May 30, 4:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso67 min
May 30, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano90 min
May 30, 5:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont58 min
May 30, 5:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca85 min
May 30, 5:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster61 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.