Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 17, 2004Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2004, 7:23 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 52 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 17, 2004, 7:23 PM MDT (01:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2004, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Baca County, CO

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 17, 1:45 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 154 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2004-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 603 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2004-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 288 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
603 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-230 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
872 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
479 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS55 KPUB 180121
SVRPUB
COC009-180215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
715 PM MDT THU JUN 17 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM MDT

* AT 813 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE 
  HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OVER 70 MPH.  THIS LINE EXTENDED 
  FROM EXTREME NORTHEAST BACA COUNTY TO THE CAMPO AREA OF SOUTH     
  CENTRAL BACA COUNTY...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  WALSH...CAMPO...AND RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN BACA 
  COUNTY.

THERE HAS BEEN A LONG HISTORY OF VERY LARGE DAMAGING HAIL.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. THIS IS A
DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM WHICH COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY AND PRODUCE A
TORNADO WITH LITTLE WARNING GET IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...OR A BASEMENT CAN
OFFER THE BEST PROTECTION.

LAT...LON 3763 10213 3751 10211 3750 10091 3777 10092

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 6:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Prowers64 min
Jun 17, 6:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso59 min
Jun 17, 6:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo65 min
Jun 17, 7:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca54 min
Jun 18, 3:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas56 min
Jun 18, 5:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.