Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Pueblo, CO
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 10:00 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Boone, 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.
- 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.
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 10420The 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, 7:12 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 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.