Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 1:45 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1992, 1:45 PM MDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1992, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County El Paso County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 1:56 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | El Paso, CO |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1296 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 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 KCOS 021944 SVRCOS COC041-022045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 145 PM MDT THU JUL 2 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLORADO SPRINGS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM MDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO ...NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY AT 1345PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE TOWN OF PEYTON IN NORTH EL PASO COUNTY MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINLDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. CROWLEY
What 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
Local storm report, Jul 2, 9:50 AM MDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT.....DELAYED REPORT..... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 850 AM MST THU JUL 2 1992 STORM REPORT FOR WEDNESDAY JULY 1 1992 TIME MST COUNTY LOCATION ` REPORT 2100 MST CHEYENNE 5E ST FRANCIS HAIL 0.75 MYERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 10:58 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 47 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.