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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 5, 2002Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2002, 5:49 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 61 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
Jul 5, 2002, 5:49 PM MDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2002, 6:50 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Prowers County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 218 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2002-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2002-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 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.

299 
WUUS55 KPUB 052349
SVRPUB
COC099-060045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
549 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 650 PM MDT

* AT 549 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRANADA...OR ABOUT 22
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  GRANADA AROUND 630 PM MDT
  BRISTOL AROUND 635 PM MDT
  HOLLY AROUND 645 PM MDT

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 3798 10268 3764 10243 3765 10204 3826 10205

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.