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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 4, 2003Fremont County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2003, 3:12 PM MDT for Fremont County, Colorado. It was in force for 93 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 4, 2003, 3:12 PM MDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2003, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fremont County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 2003-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 53 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 2003-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
53 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
703 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS55 KPUB 042112
SVRPUB
COC043-042245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
311 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO

* UNTIL 445 PM MDT

* AT 311 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES NORTH OF CANON CITY...OR ABOUT 30
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  CANON CITY...LINCOLN PARK...ROYAL GORGE...WILLIAMSBURG...
  FLORENCE...ROCKVALE AROUND 445 PM MDT

AT THIS TIME THE MOST LIKELY KIND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS HAIL ONE TO
TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. GET INDOORS AND IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE BEST PROTECTION.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. THIS IS A
DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM WHICH COULD INTENSIFY AND PRODUCE A TORNADO
WITH LITTLE WARNING GET INDOORS AND IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE BEST PROTECTION.

LAT...LON 3864 10507 3864 10524 3868 10524 3869 10537
          3830 10543 3831 10499

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 9:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso59 min
Jun 4, 12:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso54 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.