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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 13, 2003Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2003, 12:52 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 53 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
Jun 13, 2003, 12:52 PM MDT (18:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2003, 1:45 PM MDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 271 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 2003-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 61 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 2003-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -55 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
61 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-335 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1909 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS55 KPUB 131852
SVRPUB
COC071-131945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1251 PM MDT FRI JUN 13 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 145 PM MDT.

* AT 1251 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 6 MILES EAST OF KIM...OR ABOUT 37 MILES
  WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE OPEN COUNTRY OF...  
  KIM EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY

AT 1245 PM A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER IN KIM SAW HAIL ONE 
HALF INCH IN DIAMETER.

AT THIS TIME THE MOST LIKELY KIND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS HAIL AROUND
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...LON 3743 10351 3703 10358 3703 10311 3741 10310

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 1:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas62 min
Jun 13, 1:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso61 min
Jun 13, 2:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo54 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.