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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 23, 2003Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2003, 4:59 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2003, 4:59 PM MDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2003, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pueblo County, CO

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 23, 1:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 208 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 2003-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-367 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS55 KPUB 232259
SVRPUB
COC101-240100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
459 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 700 PM MDT

* AT 459 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF PINON...OR ABOUT 18
  MILES NORTHWEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE OPEN COUNTRY OF...
  NORTHERN PUEBLO AND CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES

AT THIS TIME THE MOST LIKELY KIND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS HAIL ONE TO
TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 65 MPH. GET INDOORS
AND IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE
BEST PROTECTION.

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 3851 10462 3851 10486 3808 10470 3816 10438

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 2:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso66 min
May 23, 3:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso51 min
May 23, 4:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.