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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 377

June 3, 20028 counties in Colorado

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 3, 2002, 8:00 PM MDT for 8 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2002, 8:00 PM MDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2002, 1:00 AM MDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Bent County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO

Warnings issued inside it

2 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 8:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa51 min
Jun 3, 9:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley60 min

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 00:00Z on 2002-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1002 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 00:00Z on 2002-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1002 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1152 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
7.9

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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.