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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 14, 2002Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2002, 5:30 PM MDT for Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 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 14, 2002, 5:30 PM MDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2002, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
60 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), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 14, 2:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 221 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 12:00Z on 2002-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2002-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 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 142330
SVRPUB
COC089-150030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
529 PM MDT FRI JUN 14 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT.

* AT 529 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 9 MILES WEST OF ROCKY FORD...OR ABOUT 19
  MILES WEST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  ROCKY FORD AROUND 535 PM MDT
  SWINK AROUND 545 PM MDT
  LA JUNTA AROUND 550 PM MDT
  CHERAW AROUND 555 PM MDT
  HIGBEE AROUND 600 PM MDT

THIS EXTENDS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OTERO 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 3810 10404 3767 10403 3767 10341 3810 10341

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 1:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas86 min
Jun 14, 2:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso2 hr
Jun 14, 4:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero54 min
Jun 14, 4:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso112 min
Jun 14, 5:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.