Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1992, 6:40 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 65 min. 2 reports 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 19, 1992, 6:40 PM MDT (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1992, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baca County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:52 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Baca, CO | |
| Jun 19, 7:54 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, 0.7 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
- 332 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -403 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 440 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 16.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPUB 200040
SVRPUB
COC009-200145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
640 PM MDT FRI JUN 19 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
CENTRAL BACA
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...PRITCHETT
...SPRINGFIELD AND WALSH.
AT 635 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR PRITCHETT
IN BACA COUNTY MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. TENNIS BALL SIZE
HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST WEST OF PRITCHETT AND BASEBALL SIZE IN
THE TOWN OF PRITCHETT.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
TESARWhat 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 19, 1:53 PM MDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
COZ014-192100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 152 PM MDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM MDT... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO INCLUDING TELLER...EL PASO...ELBERT...LINCOLN...KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES OF COLORADO. THIS WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS. AT 145PM RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. BOTH OF THESE STORMS WERE JUST BEGINNING TO DEVELOP AND WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 TO 15 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. REMEMBER...A WATCH TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN EASTER COLORADO SHOULD STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. ALL PER- SONS IN EASTERN COLORADO SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. CROWLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:05 PM MDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-192215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 305 PM MDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO TIL 900 PM MDT... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NEARLY ALL OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL 900 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE ONLY AREA NOT INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA IS WESTERN FREMONT AND WESTERN CUSTER COUNTIES. THE CITY OF PUEBLO IS IN THE WATCH AREA. AT 255 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER THE NEARBY MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO...PARTICULARLY IN WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY NEAR TRINIDAD...AND SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO IN PUEBLO COUNTY. OTHER STORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER IN THEIR AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. BT
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:34 PM MDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
COZ014-192330-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
435 PM MDT FRI JUN 19 1992
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM MDT...
A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO INCLUDING
TELLER...EL PASO...ELBERT...LINCOLN...KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES
OF COLORADO. THIS WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS.
AT 430PM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE AROUND COLORADO SPRINGS. THE STRONG-
EST STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS OR
EAST OF PUEBLO. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT ABOUT
15 TO 20 MPH.
THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND 1/2 INCH HAIL..STRONG
GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN EASTER COLORADO SHOULD
STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO
MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. ALL PER-
SONS IN EASTERN COLORADO SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
HAVILLSpecial weather statement, Jun 19, 6:15 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
COZ014-200110-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
605 PM MDT FRI JUN 19 1992
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM MDT...
A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO INCLUDING
TELLER...EL PASO...ELBERT...LINCOLN...KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES
OF COLORADO. THIS WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS.
AT 600PM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE AROUND COLORADO SPRINGS. THE STRONG-
EST STORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS IN THE PUEBLO AREA
AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.
THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..HAIL UP TO 1 INCH DIAMETER
..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
PERSONS IN EASTERN COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE
OF SAFETY IF NECESSARY.
STAY TUNED TO THIS NWS RADIO STATION..OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS THAT MAY BE REQUIRED.
HAVILLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 7:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 14 min |
| Jun 20, 3:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer | 64 min |
| Jun 20, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 60 min |
| Jun 20, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 32 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.