Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1992, 8:43 PM MDT for Logan County, Phillips County, Sedgwick County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1992, 8:43 PM MDT (02:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1992, 9:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Logan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2536 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDEN 050247
SVRDEN
COC075-095-115-050315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
843 PM MDT THU JUN 04 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN LOGAN...PHILLIPS AND WESTERN SEDGWICK
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
FAIRFIELD...HOLYOKE...MARKS BUTTE...PAOLI...SEDGWICK AND
WAGES
AT 843 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF SEDGWICK...OR ABOUT 36
MILES NORTHEAST OF STERLING.
THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY
SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN.
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE
INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND
DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.
TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE
THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN DENVER.
CUOCO
LAT...LON 4057 10217 4050 10245 4094 10272 4099 10253What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:11 PM MDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
COZ011-012-050000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 512 PM MDT THU JUN 4 1992 AT 509 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTH-CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF BENNETT. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AS IT MOVES EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR INTO EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY. IF YOU LIVE IN EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY AND ARE IN T HE PATH OF THIS STORM... MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. WOLF
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:19 PM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
COZ012-050230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 720 PM MDT THU JUN 4 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WELD AND LOGAN COUNTY... AT 720 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY AND NORTHWEST LOGAN COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF GROVER... 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREELEY...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH STERLING ABOUT 8 PM. IF YOU LIVE IN NORTHEAST WELD OR NORTHWEST LOGAN COUNTIES...AND ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. CUOCO
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:53 PM MDT, 50 minutes before
COZ013-050230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 755 PM MDT THU JUN 4 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF COLORADO... AT 750 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF COLORADO. THE STORM WAS LOCATED IN CHEYENNE COUNTY...NEBRASKA AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. EARLIER THIS EVENING THIS STORM PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL. THE STORM SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTHEAST LOGAN COUNTY AND WESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AS IT MOVES THROUGH SEDGWICK COUNTY. IF YOU LIVE IN NORTHEAST LOGAN OR WESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTIES...AND ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. DANKERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Weld | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 9:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 37 min |
| Jun 5, 12:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Denver, Jefferson | 14 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.