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Tornado Watch 374

June 3, 200225 counties in Colorado

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 3, 2002, 2:00 PM MDT for 25 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2002, 2:00 PM MDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2002, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 25 counties

Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 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

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 2:13 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUElbert, Lincoln47 min
Jun 3, 2:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUDouglas50 min
Jun 3, 2:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers89 min
Jun 3, 2:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo64 min
Jun 3, 2:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUArapahoe41 min
Jun 3, 2:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero79 min
Jun 3, 2:57 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUElbert, Lincoln48 min
Jun 3, 3:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Bent43 min
Jun 3, 3:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUDouglas38 min
Jun 3, 3:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld52 min
Jun 3, 3:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUArapahoe45 min
Jun 3, 3:29 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULincoln46 min
Jun 3, 3:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson61 min
Jun 3, 3:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Denver42 min
Jun 3, 3:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld62 min
Jun 3, 4:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUArapahoe45 min
Jun 3, 4:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld54 min
Jun 3, 4:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa84 min
Jun 3, 4:36 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson39 min
Jun 3, 4:51 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUMorgan39 min
Jun 3, 5:03 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson12 min
Jun 3, 5:23 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUMorgan37 min
Jun 3, 5:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso66 min
Jun 3, 6:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso44 min
Jun 3, 7:02 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso43 min
Jun 3, 7:10 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUElbert50 min
Jun 3, 7:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Denver48 min
Jun 3, 7:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley48 min
Jun 3, 7:40 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBCrowley, Kiowa, Otero65 min
Jun 3, 7:48 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULincoln42 min

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 12:00Z on 2002-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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 12:00Z on 2002-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -47 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-206 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1224 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
263 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.