Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2001, 1:02 AM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 58 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 21, 2001, 1:02 AM MDT (07:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2001, 2:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Pueblo County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 1:14 AM 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 248 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 210702 SVRPUB COC101-210800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 102 AM MDT THU JUN 21 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO * UNTIL 200 AM MDT * AT 102 AM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO CITY...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF WALSENBURG...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE OPEN COUNTRY OF... SOUTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY 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 3809 10470 3799 10498 3789 10495 3791 10460
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 90 min |
| 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, 1:18 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 57 min |
| Jun 21, 5:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 54 min |
Nearby
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.