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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 16, 2002El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2002, 2:01 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 59 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 16, 2002, 2:01 PM MDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2002, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 2002-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 202 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 12:00Z on 2002-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 144 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
202 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-212 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1198 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS55 KPUB 162001
SVRPUB
COC041-162100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
200 PM MDT SUN JUN 16 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

* UNTIL 300 PM MDT

* AT 200 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  CHEYENNE CANYON AROUND 205 PM MDT
  COLORADO SPRINGS AROUND 205 PM MDT
  FORT CARSON...COLORADO SPRINGS AROUND 210 PM MDT
  SECURITY...WIDEFIELD...COLORADO SPRINGS AROUND 215 PM MDT
  COLORADO SPRINGS AROUND 220 PM MDT
  COLORADO SPRINGS AROUND 225 PM MDT
  FOUNTAIN AROUND 230 PM MDT

AT THIS TIME THE MOST LIKELY KIND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS HAIL NEAR 
THREE QUARTER 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 3892 10483 3884 10495 3854 10474 3853 10437

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 2:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo62 min
Jun 16, 4:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont63 min
Jun 16, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo62 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.