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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 3, 2002Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2002, 10:00 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 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, 10:00 PM MDT (04:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2002, 10:45 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pueblo County, CO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 10:00 PM MDTHail 1.75Boone, 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 nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 00:00Z on 2002-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1002 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2002-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 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
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.

580 
WUUS55 KPUB 040400
SVRPUB
COC101-040445-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 PM MDT

* AT 959 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 5 MILES NORTH OF PUEBLO DEPOT...OR ABOUT 19
  MILES NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE OPEN COUNTRY OF...
  NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY

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 3845 10442 3828 10434 3834 10405 3851 10405
          3852 10420

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 6:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso44 min
Jun 3, 7:02 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso43 min
Jun 3, 7:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley48 min
Jun 3, 7:40 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBCrowley, Kiowa, Otero65 min
Jun 3, 8:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa51 min
Jun 3, 9:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo58 min
Jun 3, 9:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo55 min
Jun 3, 9:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley60 min
Jun 4, 3:29 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero61 min
Jun 4, 6:20 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa55 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.