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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Goodland, KS

July 2, 1992El Paso County, Colorado

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 2, 1:56 PM MDTHail 0.75El 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Carson/Butt, CO at 12:00Z on 1992-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Carson/Butt, CO at 12:00Z on 1992-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 10:58 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDEl Paso47 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.