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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 21, 2001Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2001, 5:36 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 2001, 5:36 PM MDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2001, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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
Jun 21, 6:09 PM MDTHail 0.75Las Animas Co Arpt T, 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 293 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 2001-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1083 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS55 KPUB 212338
SVRPUB

COC071-220030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
536 PM MDT THU JUN 21 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT

* AT 536 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER COKEDALE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF
  TRINIDAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  AREAS JUST WEST AND SOUTH OF TRINIDAD AROUND 545 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.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN PUEBLO.

LAT...LOAN 3726 10466 3709 10476 3682 10413 3706 10399

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Pueblo90 min
Jun 20, 8:49 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso56 min
Jun 20, 9:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont, Pueblo64 min
Jun 20, 9:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso92 min
Jun 21, 1:02 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo58 min
Jun 21, 1:18 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano57 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.