Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 314

May 28, 200113 counties in Colorado

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 28, 2001, 10:00 PM MDT for 13 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2001, 10:00 PM MDT (04:00 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2001, 2:00 AM MDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

10 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 10:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas2 hr
May 28, 10:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso59 min
May 28, 10:17 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULincoln28 min
May 28, 10:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert31 min
May 28, 10:45 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULincoln30 min
May 28, 11:16 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULincoln29 min
May 28, 11:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso27 min
May 28, 11:45 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULincoln30 min
May 29, 12:08 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson67 min
May 29, 1:13 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson62 min

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 2001-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2001-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-221 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
319 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 12:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers5 hr
May 29, 3:45 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers6 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.