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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 3, 2002El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2002, 6:46 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 44 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2002, 6:46 PM MDT (00:46 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2002, 7:30 PM MDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County El Paso County, CO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jun 3, 6:58 PM MDT	Hail 1.75	Calhan, CO
Jun 3, 7:18 PM MDT	Hail 1.5	Calhan, CO
Jun 3, 7:20 PM MDT	Hail 1.5	Simla, CO

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 3, 2:00 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 130 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1002 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1152 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 7.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS55 KPUB 040046
SVRPUB
COC041-040130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
646 PM MDT MON JUN 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

* UNTIL 730 PM MDT

* AT 646 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 4 MILES WEST OF CALHAN...OR ABOUT 25 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE OPEN COUNTRY OF...  
  NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY
  CALHAN AT 655 PM MDT

AT THIS TIME THE MOST LIKELY KIND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS HAIL NEAR 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 3912 10446 3894 10447 3890 10405 3912 10405

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 7:02 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso	43 min
Jun 3, 7:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley	48 min
Jun 3, 7:40 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	65 min
Jun 3, 8:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	51 min
Jun 3, 9:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	58 min
Jun 3, 9:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	55 min
Jun 3, 9:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley	60 min
Jun 3, 10:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	45 min
Jun 4, 3:29 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	61 min
Jun 4, 6:20 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	55 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.