Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1992, 6:30 PM MDT for Baca 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
- Jun 13, 1992, 6:30 PM MDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1992, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baca County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:19 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Baca, 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 1700 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1041 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPUB 140030
SVRPUB
COC009-140130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
630 PM MDT SAT JUN 13 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 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
A THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUES NEAR THE
TOWN OF TWO BUTTES IN NORTHERN BACA COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO
THIS STORM HAS BEEN DECREASING IN INTENSITY BUT IS NOW INCREASING
AGAIN. AT 520 PM MDT HAIL THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS FELL 8 MILES WEST
AND TWO MILES NORTH OF TWO BUTTES. SOME FLOODING OF LOW AREAS NEAR
TWO BUTTES HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH WATER COVERING THE ROAD. THIS
STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY L4IGHTNING...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.
CASEYWhat 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, 2 hours 43 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. y CASEY
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 4:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 37 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 35 min |
| Jun 13, 7:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 8:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 57 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.