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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 24, 2003Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2003, 6:01 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 59 min. 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 24, 2003, 6:01 PM MDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2003, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
59 min
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 24, 2:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 228 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 2003-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 861 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 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
861 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 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 250001
SVRPUB
COC101-250100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
558 PM MDT SAT MAY 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM MDT

* AT 558 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY...OR ABOUT
  27 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE OPEN COUNTRY OF...
  SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY

AT THIS TIME THE MOST LIKELY KIND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS HAIL ONE TO
TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. 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.

THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE NORMALLY 
DRY CREEKS AND ARROYOS TO RISE ABOVE THEIR BANKS ALONG AND NORTH OF 
HIGHWAY 10 IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST PUEBLO COUNTY. 

LAT...LON 3813 10427 3800 10443 3768 10406 3791 10407

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero59 min
May 25, 12:49 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBTeller4 hr
May 25, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano64 min
May 25, 4:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo85 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.