Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 3, 2003El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2003, 9:01 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2003, 9:01 PM MDT (03:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2003, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:02 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2003-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 436 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 2003-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
436 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1368 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
341 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
5.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS55 KPUB 040301
SVRPUB
COC041-040400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
859 PM MDT TUE JUN 3 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

* UNTIL 1000 PM MDT

* AT 859 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY...OR ABOUT 29
  MILES WEST OF LIMON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE 
  RAMAH THROUGH 925 PM MDT
  OPEN COUNTRY OF NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH 950 PM MDT

AT THIS TIME THE MOST LIKELY KIND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS HAIL AROUND
ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH. GET INDOORS
AND IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE
BEST PROTECTION.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN PUEBLO.

LAT...LON 3929 10419 3917 10436 3864 10380 3882 10354

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 12:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso54 min
Jun 4, 3:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont93 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.