Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2002, 6:11 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 64 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
- Jul 28, 2002, 6:11 PM MDT (00:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2002, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 6:30 PM MDT | Hail 0.88 | Sheridan Lake, 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 230 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
483 WUUS55 KPUB 290011 SVRPUB COC061-290115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 610 PM MDT SUN JUL 28 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO * UNTIL 715 PM MDT * AT 610 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...OR ABOUT 24 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE OPEN COUNTRY OF... SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY 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 3843 10238 3828 10243 3829 10207 3841 10184
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 6:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 85 min |
| Jul 29, 1:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 63 min |
| Jul 29, 3:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Huerfano | 63 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.