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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 27, 2003Teller County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2003, 2:26 PM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 64 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 27, 2003, 2:26 PM MDT (20:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2003, 3:30 PM MDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Teller County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 2003-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1517 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 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 272026
SVRPUB
COC119-272130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
225 PM MDT SUN JUL 27 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO

* UNTIL 330 PM MDT

* AT 225 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER CRIPPLE CREEK...OR ABOUT 24 MILES WEST
  OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  CRIPPLE CREEK AROUND 230 PM MDT
  VICTOR AROUND 235 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 3887 10519 3875 10531 3867 10518 3868 10494

$$
METZE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 3:05 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBTeller3 hr
Jul 27, 4:29 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCuster2 hr
Jul 27, 5:59 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBTeller3 hr

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.