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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 426

June 14, 20028 counties in Colorado; 6 counties in New Mexico

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 14, 2002, 2:15 PM MDT for 8 counties in Colorado; 6 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2002, 2:15 PM MDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2002, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Bent County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Custer County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Colfax County, NM, Harding County, NM, Mora County, NM, Quay County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Union County, NM

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 2:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax42 min
Jun 14, 2:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax40 min
Jun 14, 3:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax58 min
Jun 14, 3:34 PM MDTTornado WarningABQColfax41 min
Jun 14, 4:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Mora59 min
Jun 14, 4:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero54 min
Jun 14, 5:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Mora39 min
Jun 14, 5:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent64 min
Jun 14, 5:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero60 min
Jun 14, 5:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding45 min
Jun 14, 6:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel43 min
Jun 14, 6:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo2 hr
Jun 14, 7:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora58 min
Jun 14, 7:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay52 min

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 286 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 60 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 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
60 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1022 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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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.