Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 654
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 29, 2002, 2:45 PM MDT for 14 counties in Colorado; 8 counties in Nebraska; Goshen County, Laramie County, Platte County, Wyoming. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 29, 2002, 2:45 PM MDT (20:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2002, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 25 counties
Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO, Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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
6 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 3:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Platte | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 3:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Platte | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 3:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas | 48 min |
| Aug 29, 3:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 63 min |
| Aug 29, 3:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 33 min |
| Aug 29, 3:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 54 min |
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 6:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Garfield, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose, Rio Blanco | 7 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Natrona, Park, Washakie | 7 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Campbell, Crook, Weston | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Colorado, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Nebraska, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Wyoming, 2002Every severe thunderstorm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.