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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 13, 1992Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1992, 5:17 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 58 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
Jun 13, 1992, 5:17 PM MDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1992, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Baca County, CO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 5:20 PM MDTHail 2.75Baca, 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 245 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 549 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
549 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
715 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPUB 132317
SVRPUB
COC009-140015-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
517 PM MDT SAT JUN 13 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
      NORTHERN BACA

 THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...TWO BUTTES

LARGE HAIL 11/2 TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED BY A WEATHER
SPOTTER JUST NORTH OF TWO BUTTES COLORADO IN NORTHERN BACA COUNTY
THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

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.

CASEY

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

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 3:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
COZ017-132300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
345 PM MDT SAT JUN 13 1992

...THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHWEST BACA COUNTY...

AT 340 PM MDT A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS IN BACA COUNTY...10
MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD COLORADO...WHICH IS 58 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF LA JUNTA COLORADO. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN
HOUR.

A SMALL LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED FROM EASTERN
PROWERS COUNTY INTO NORTHWEST BACA COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THIS
LINE WILL BE MOVING EAST. THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...HAIL
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS WELL AS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER.
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CASEY
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 4:53 PM MDT, 24 minutes before
COZ016-017-132300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
450 PM MDT SAT JUN 13 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM FOR PORTIONS
   OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

AT 445 PM MDT A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL WAS IN THE
NORTHEAST PROWERS COUNTY NORTHEAST OF HOLLY...WHICH IS 66 MILES EAST
OF LA JUNTA COLORADO. A SECOND STORM WITH HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL WAS IN
NORTH CENTRAL BACA COUNTY...10 MILES NORiTH OF SPRINGFIELD. THE STORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEST AT 15 MPH.

AT 353 PM THE STATE PATROL REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL BETWEEN THE
TOWNS OF HOLLY AND GRANADA IN PROWERS COUNTY. ALSO AN UNCONFIRMED
REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD.

CASEY

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.