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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 413
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 11, 2002, 7:30 PM MDT for 6 counties in Colorado; 17 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 2002, 7:30 PM MDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2002, 1:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 23 counties
Cheyenne County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Washington County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Ness County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Scott County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 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.
Warnings issued inside it
13 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 8:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 8:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 8:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 8:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 9:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 9:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 54 min |
| Jun 11, 9:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 9:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 55 min |
| Jun 11, 10:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 10:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 43 min |
| Jun 11, 10:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 52 min |
| Jun 11, 11:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 11:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 43 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 545 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2382 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS20 KWNS 120129 SEL3 SPC WW 120124 COZ000-KSZ000-120700- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 413 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 724 PM MDT TUE JUN 11 2002 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO WESTERN KANSAS EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 730 PM UNTIL 100 AM MDT. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 110 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH OF GOODLAND KANSAS TO 75 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLAND KANSAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION... CONTINUE...WW 410...WW 411...WW 412... DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO INCREASE/DEVELOP OVER WW AREA DURING NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS MOIST LOW LEVEL ELY FLOW CONTINUES BENEATH MODERATE WSW MID LEVEL JET. LARGE SCALE ASCENT MAY BE ENHANCED BY WEAK UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE APPARENT ATTM IN WV IMAGERY OVER WRN CO. AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27030. ...CORFIDI 395,0993 381,0994 381,1034 395,1034
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 5:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, Kiowa, Lincoln and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 8:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase and 38 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 11, 9:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Johnson, Linn, Miami | 4 hr |
| Jun 11, 10:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:00 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barber, Butler, Clark, Comanche, Cowley, Harper and 4 more | 5 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.