Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2002, 7:12 PM MDT for Crowley County, Colorado. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report 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, 7:12 PM MDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2002, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Crowley County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:20 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Sugar City, 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 184 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
913 WUUS55 KPUB 040112 SVRPUB COC025-040200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 711 PM MDT MON JUN 3 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO * UNTIL 800 PM MDT * AT 711 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ORDWAY...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE OPEN COUNTRY OF... ORDWAY THROUGH 720 PM OPEN COUNTRY EAST OF ORDWAY THROUGH 800 PM 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. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT LAT...LON 3823 10385 3810 10377 3823 10350 3850 10350
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 6:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 44 min |
| Jun 3, 7:02 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 43 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002
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.