Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2002, 11:00 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 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 19, 2002, 11:00 PM MDT (05:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2002, 12:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 60 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), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 11:09 PM MDT | Hail 1.25 | Colorado Spgs, 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 463 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3090 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS55 KPUB 200500 SVRPUB COC041-200600- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1100 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO * UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT * AT 1100 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 4 MILES EAST OF CASCADE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE OPEN COUNTRY OF... WESTERN EL PASO...NORTHWESTERN EL PASO AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTIES AT THIS TIME THE MOST LIKELY KIND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS HAIL AROUND ONE INCH 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 3893 10504 3881 10488 3917 10433 3936 10457
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 6:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 7:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 66 min |
| Jun 19, 8:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 79 min |
| Jun 20, 12:20 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 55 min |
| Jun 20, 3:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 2 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer | 63 min |
| Jun 20, 4:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont | 66 min |
| Jun 20, 5:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 2 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.