Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1992, 6:19 PM MDT for Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 11 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1992, 6:19 PM MDT (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1992, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 11 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Otero County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 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 KPUB 120019
SVRPUB
COC089-120045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
619 PM MDT THU JUN 11 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
CENTRAL AND EASTERN OTERO
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...LA JUNTA...
SWINK AND CHERAW
AT 615 PM MDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL REMAIN IN CENTRAL
AND EASTERN OTERO COUNTY OVER SWINK...TO NEAR LA JUNTA. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING EAST 10 TO 15 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL..&.DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY...
AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
GRAYWhat 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 11, 2:18 PM MDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
COZ015-016-017-112115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 217 PM MDT THU JUN 11 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE FOOTHILLS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ALONG THE FOOTHILLS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND AT 210 PM MDT THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY...INTO NORTHERN CUSTER COUNTY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD OVER THE PLAINS. PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 2:27 PM MDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
COZ009-112200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SAN LUIS VALLEY WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO 230 PM MDT THU JUN 11 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO BUILD IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WEST OF ALAMOSA AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE VALLEY FLOOR THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. AT 230 PM THIS AFTERNOON THERE WAS HEAVY RAIN IN MONTE VISTA. THIS STORM IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST AND WILL MOVE OVER THE CITY OF ALAMOSA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN... HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS...SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS. PERSONS IN THE AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. ANYONE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. THE SAFEST PLACE DURING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS INSIDE...AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS. CONTINUE TO STAY INFORMED OF THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA...AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL OR STATE POLICE FOR RELA Y TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BUTLER
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:04 PM MDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-112215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 305 PM MDT THU JUN 11 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED AROUND SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 300 PM MDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND ACROSS LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN EASTERN CUSTER COUNTY AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND HAIL. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:26 PM MDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-112325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 420 PM MDT THU JUN 11 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL 9 PM MDT... AT 415 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE CITY OF PUEBLO. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...ALONG WITH PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO AROUND 30 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AROUND THE SOUTH SIDE OF PUEBLO AND OUT ON ST. CHARLES MESA SOUTHEAST OF PUEBLO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO THIS EVENING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES HEAD TO SAFE SHELTER WITHOUT DELAY. ....NOTE....THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO REMAINS WITHOUT LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE SERVICE...LIMITING OUR COMMUNICATIONS. THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN PUEBLO WILL DO ITS BEST TO KEEP YOU INFORMED OF WHATEVER STORM INFORMATION WE ARE ABLE TO PASS ON TO YOU. GRAY
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:31 PM MDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-112325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS 427 PM MDT THU JUN 11 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 424 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE HEAVY RAINS IN WEST PUEBLO COUNTY MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE FOOTHILLS FROM WEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS TO TRINIDAD MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS... AND HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS THIS EVENING. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA. GALLEGOS
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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.