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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 7, 2004Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2004, 5:30 PM MDT for Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 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
Aug 7, 2004, 5:30 PM MDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2004, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 2004-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 43 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 2004-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 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
43 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-245 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2625 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 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 072330
SVRPUB
COC089-080030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
530 PM MDT SAT AUG 7 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT.

* AT 527 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF LA   
JUNTA...AND THE STORM SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF   
EASTERN OTERO COUNTY...INCLUDING  HIGBEE...AND AREAS SOUTH OF LA 
JUNTA.

IF POSSIBLE...WITHOUT RISKING YOUR SAFETY...PROTECT PROPERTY BEFORE
THE WEATHER HITS. GET IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...OR A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE BEST
PROTECTION.

LAT...LON 3797 10353 3787 10369 3773 10342 3796 10342

$$

HODANISH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 7:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso58 min
Aug 7, 4:59 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa46 min
Aug 7, 5:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero56 min
Aug 7, 5:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent54 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.