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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 8, 2002Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2002, 7:18 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 57 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 8, 2002, 7:18 PM MDT (01:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2002, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kiowa County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 2002-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 468 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2002-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
468 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
4342 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS55 KPUB 090118
SVRPUB
COC061-090215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
717 PM MDT SAT JUN 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM MDT

* AT 717 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 27 MILES WEST OF SWEETWATER RESERVOIR...OR
  ABOUT 26 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  SWEETWATER RESERVOIR...NEE GRANDE RESERVOIR...EADS AROUND 810 PM   
  MDT...
  NEE NOSHE RESERVOIR...QUEENS RESERVOIR AROUND 815 PM MDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM THIS STORM HAS OVERTURNED MOBILE 
HOMES NEAR LAKE MEREDITH. DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY. GET INDOORS AND 
IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE BEST 
PROTECTION.

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 3837 10334 3827 10331 3827 10262 3853 10268

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.