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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 13, 2002Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2002, 12:00 AM MDT for Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 90 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 13, 2002, 12:00 AM MDT (06:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2002, 1:30 AM MDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 222 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 2002-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3543 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS55 KPUB 130600
SVRPUB
COC089-130730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1200 AM MDT THU JUN 13 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 130 AM MDT

* AT MIDNIGHT MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 13 MILES WEST OF TIMPAS...OR ABOUT 27 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  TIMPAS...ROCKY FORD AROUND 1230 AM MDT
  SWINK AROUND 1245 AM MDT
  LA JUNTA AROUND 100 AM MDT
  HIGBEE AROUND 115 AM MDT

AT THIS TIME THE MOST LIKELY KIND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS HAIL ONE TO 
TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH. 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 3810 10404 3766 10404 3766 10340 3809 10342

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 6:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso56 min
Jun 12, 8:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso88 min
Jun 12, 11:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo57 min
Jun 13, 12:32 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas58 min
Jun 13, 1:32 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.