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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 20, 2001Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2001, 5:23 PM MDT for Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 67 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
Jun 20, 2001, 5:23 PM MDT (23:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2001, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Otero County, CO

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 20, 3:30 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 238 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 2001-06-20Temperature 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 2001-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 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
1065 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 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.

984 
WUUS55 KPUB 202325
SVRPUB
COC089-210030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
523 PM MDT WED JUN 20 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT

* AT 523 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF TIMPAS...OR ABOUT 22 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  HIGBEE AROUND 555 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.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM.

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 3782 10389 3765 10388 3767 10340 3786 10341

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 6:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas88 min
Jun 20, 3:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas58 min
Jun 20, 4:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso96 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.