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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 5, 2001Crowley County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2001, 12:07 AM MDT for Crowley County, Colorado. It was in force for 53 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
Jun 5, 2001, 12:07 AM MDT (06:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2001, 1:00 AM MDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Crowley County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:06 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 12:20 AM MDTHail 1Ordway, 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 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 362 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
362 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

926 
WUUS55 KPUB 050608
SVRPUB
COC025-050700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1207 AM MDT TUE JUN 5 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 100 AM MDT

* AT 1207 AM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN CROWLEY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 33 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE OPEN COUNTRY OF...  
  NORTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY

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 3845 10402 3827 10402 3826 10351 3851 10363

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 6:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso56 min
Jun 4, 7:27 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso63 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.