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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 556

July 14, 20014 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 14, 2001, 4:00 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 2001, 4:00 PM MDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2001, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Harding County, NM, Union County, NM, Cimarron County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Oldham County, TX

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 210 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 4:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, San Miguel43 min
Jul 14, 5:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Pueblo96 min
Jul 14, 5:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca64 min
Jul 14, 5:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion48 min
Jul 14, 7:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa2 hr
Jul 14, 8:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers94 min

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 229 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2001-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 892 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2001-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
892 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
892 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

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.