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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 13, 2003Bent County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2003, 5:26 PM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 94 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
Jul 13, 2003, 5:26 PM MDT (23:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2003, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bent County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 2003-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 193 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2003-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
193 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-447 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3001 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 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 132326
SVRPUB
COC011-140100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
525 PM MDT SUN JUL 13 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM MDT

* AT 525 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT LYON...OR ABOUT
  21 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  LAS ANIMAS AROUND 530 PM MDT
  FORT LYON AROUND 535 PM MDT
  HASTY AROUND 555 PM MDT
  JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR AROUND 605 PM MDT
  CADDOA AROUND 610 PM MDT
  MCCLAVE AROUND 615 PM MDT

AT THIS TIME THE MOST LIKELY KIND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS HAIL AROUND
ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 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 3825 10322 3810 10335 3768 10274 3818 10278

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 5:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa116 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.