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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 7, 2002Saguache County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2002, 5:07 PM MDT for Saguache County, Colorado. It was in force for 53 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 7, 2002, 5:07 PM MDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2002, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Saguache County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 215 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2002-07-07Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2002-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2832 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 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 072307
SVRPUB
COC109-080000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
505 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SAGUACHE COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO

* UNTIL 600 PM MDT

* AT 505 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER CENTRAL SAGUACHE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 35
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALIDA...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE OPEN COUNTRY OF...
  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAGUACHE COUNTY.

AT 503 PM THE PUBLIC SAW 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL AT MOON PASS 
APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAGUACHE.

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 3821 10629 3823 10652 3793 10674 3778 10631

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 6:31 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBHuerfano119 min
Jul 6, 6:39 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBHuerfano111 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.