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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 435
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 3, 2008, 1:17 PM MDT for 22 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2008, 1:17 PM MDT (19:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2008, 7:35 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 22 counties
Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Otero County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO, Yuma County, CO
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 5%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 50%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
7 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 1:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 1:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 33 min |
| Jun 3, 2:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 48 min |
| Jun 3, 2:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 59 min |
| Jun 3, 3:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 4:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 5:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 48 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 10:18 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Elbert, Morgan, Washington | 87 min |
| Jun 3, 1:09 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln | 96 min |
| Jun 3, 1:28 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, Kiowa and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:01 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson | 59 min |
| Jun 3, 12:53 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Broomfield, Cheyenne and 19 more | 97 min |
| Jun 3, 3:12 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 15 more | 63 min |
| Jun 3, 5:15 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Bent, Cheyenne, Elbert, Kiowa and 10 more | 60 min |
Nearby
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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.