Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1992, 8:20 PM MDT for Douglas County, Elbert County, Colorado. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1992, 8:20 PM MDT (02:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1992, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 914 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDEN 270221
SVRDEN
COC039-035-270300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
820 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
NORTHWESTERN ELBERT
IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
ELIZABETH...FRANKTOWN...PARKER AND THE PINERY
AT 816 PM MDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED GOLD BALL SIZE HAIL IN PARKER.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGEN:CY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN DENVER.
HOLZINGER
LAT...LON 3936 10450 3934 10476 3956 10478 3956 10448What 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 26, 4:31 PM MDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
COZ011-262315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 430 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER DOUGLAS AND ADAMS COUNTIES... AT 425 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER DOUGLAS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES. ONE STORM WAS ALONG THE ADAMS...WASHINGTON COUNTY LINE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY NEAR NEAR PARKER...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DENVER...AND JUST WEST OF CASTLE ROCK OR 30 MILES SOUTH OF DENVER. THE STORMS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST DOUGLAS COUNTY AND NORTHERN ADAMS COUTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STRONGER STORMS. FLOODING OF ROADAYS AND LOW-LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. BE WARY OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN JACKSON...EASTERN GRAND...CLEAR CREEK AND GILPIN COUNTIES...BUT REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE FRONT RANGE AND PARTS OF EASTERN EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 8PM MDT TONIGHT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LESZCYNSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:15 PM MDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
COZ011-012-013-014-015-016-270200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 515 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...TWO TORNADO WATCHES COVER MOST OF EASTERN COLORADO... A TORNADO WATCH IS CONTINUING UNTIL 8PM FOR A LARGE PART OF EASTERN COLORADO. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...EASTERN FREMONT...EASTERN PARK...TELLER...ELBERT...EL PASO...SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN...LARIMER...WESTERN AND CENTRAL ADAMS...ARAPAHOE...BOULDER... DENVER...DOUGLAS...JEFFERSON...WESTERN AND CENTRAL WELD...WESTERN BENT...CROWLEY...EASTERN CUSTER...HUERFANO...WESTERN KIOWA... LAS ANIMAS...OTERO...AND PUEBLO. TOWNS AND CITIES IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA ARE...TRINIDAD... WALSENBURG...LA JUNTA...LAS ANIMAS...ORDWAY...PUEBLO...CANON CITY... COLORADO SPRINGS...WOODLAND PARK...LIMON...KIOWA...CASTLE ROCK... CONIFER...DEER TRAIL...BENNET...METRO DENVER...BOULDER...GREELEY...AND FORT COLLINS. A SECOND TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 11PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EASTERN COLORADO...EASTERN ADAMS...LOGAN...MORGAN...PHILLIPS ...SEDGWICK...WASHINGTON...EASTERN WELD...AND YUMA. THIS SECOND WATCH INCLUDES THE TOWNS AND CITIES OF...WRAY...AKRON... FORT MORGAN...HOLYOKE...STERLING..c.AND JULESBURG. MH
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:05 PM MDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
COZ011-270200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 600 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN PARK...CLEAR CREEK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES... AT 550 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN PARK...SOUTHERN CLEAR CREEK AND WESTERN JEFFERSNON COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR THE GUANELLA PASS AREA...OR ABOUT 45 MILES WEST OF DENVER AND NEAR BAILEY IN PARK COUNTY ...OR ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTWEST OF DENVER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN CLEAR CREEK...PARK AND WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE LOCATIONS OF OF IDAHO SPRINGS...EL RANCHO...EVERGREEN AND CONIFER SHOULD BE ALERT FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UNTIL 7PM MDT TONIGHT. LOCAL FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW-LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. LESZCYNSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:33 PM MDT, 47 minutes before
COZ011-012-013-014-015-016-270200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 730 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...PART OF TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH IS NOT LONGER IN EFFECT FOR LARIMER AND WESTERN BOULDER COUNTIES. A TORNADO WATCH IS CONTINUING UNTIL 8PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... EASTERN FREMONT...EASTERN PARK...TELLER...ELBERT...EL PASO... SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN...WESTERN AND CENTRAL ADAMS...ARAPAHOE... EASTERN BOULDER...DENVER...DOUGLAS...JEFFERSON...WESTERN AND CENTRAL WELD... WESTERN BENT...CROWLEY...EASTERN CUSTER...HUERFANO...WESTERN KIOWA... LAS ANIMAS...OTERO...AND PUEBLO. TOWNS AND CITIES IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA ARE...TRINIDAD... WALSENBURG...LA JUNTA...LAS ANIMAS...ORDWAY...PUEBLO...CANON CITY... COLORADO SPRINGS...WOODLAND PARK...LIMON...KIOWA...CASTLE ROCK... CONIFER...DEER TRAIL...BENNET...METRO DENVER...BOULDER...AND GREELEY. A SECOND TORNADO WATCH IS CONTINUING UNTIL 11PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EASTERN COLORADO...EASTERN ADAMS...LOGAN...MORGAN...PHILLIPS ...SEDGWICK...WASHINGTON...EASTERN WELD...AND YUMA. THIS SECOND WATCH INCLUDES THE TOWNS AND CITIES OF...WRAY...AKRON... FORT MORGAN...HOLYOKE...STERLING...AND J ULESBURG. TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS IN YOUR AREA. TORNADOS CAN OCCUR WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. HOLZINGER
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 8:02 PM MDT, 18 minutes before
COZ011-012-013-270300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 800 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST COLORADO... AT 755PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED NEAR SURREY RIDGE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY ALONG INTERSTATE 25...ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF DENVER. THE FREEWAY WAS COVERED BY PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES DEEP. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED IN WELD COUNTY 5 MILES SOUTH OF KEOTA ...OR 50 MILES WEST OF STERLING. OTHER STORMS HAVE DEVLOPED OVER MORGAN...SOUTHEASTERN WELD...ADAMS... ARAPAHOE...AND WESTERN LOGAN COUNTIES. MOVE INDOORS TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN YOUR AREA. A TORNADO WATCH IS CONTINUING FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 11PM. HOLZINGER
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 8:08 PM MDT, 12 minutes before
COZ011-012-013-014-015-016-270500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 805 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...ONE TORNADO WATCH EXPIRES BUT ANOTHER ONE IS CONTINUING. A TORNADO WATCH IS CONTINUING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EASTERN COLORDAO UNTIL 11PM...EASTERN ADAMS...LOGAN...MORGAN...PHILLIPS ...SEDGWICK...WASHINGTON...EASTERN WELD...AND YUMA. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE TOWNS AND CITIES OF...WRAY...AKRON... FORT MORGAN...HOLYOKE...STERLING...AND JULESBURG. THE TORNADO WATCH FOR OTHER PARTS OF EASTERN COLORADO HAS EXPIRED. TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS IN YOUR AREA. TORNADOS CAN OCCUR WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. HOLZINGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 6:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 6:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 33 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.