Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2001, 7:15 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 90 min. 2 reports 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 20, 2001, 7:15 PM MDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2001, 8:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 90 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Huerfano County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:40 PM MDT | Hail 1.5 | Colorado City, CO | A severe thunderstorm produced very large hail from the Beulah area to the Colorado City area. Damage was done to vehicles and buildings, including a bank in Colorado City. Its roof collapsed from the weight of hail and rain which collected on the flat roof. |
| Jun 20, 8:01 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Walsenburg, 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 484 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1925 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS55 KPUB 210119 SVRPUB COC055-101-210245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 715 PM MDT WED JUN 20 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO * UNTIL 845 PM MDT * AT 715 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO CITY...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED THROUGHOUT WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY...ALSO MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE THE CITIES OF... RYE THROUGH 745 PM... BEULAH THROUGH 745 PM... CEDARWOOD BY 745 PM. AND ALSO THE OPEN COUNTRY OF... HUERFANO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 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 REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN PUEBLO. LAT...LON 3843 10490 3791 10489 3764 10456 3848 10410
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 8:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 9:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont, Pueblo | 64 min |
| Jun 20, 9:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 92 min |
| Jun 21, 1:02 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 58 min |
| Jun 21, 1:18 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 57 min |
| Jun 21, 5:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 54 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.