Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1992, 4:45 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 1992, 4:45 PM MDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1992, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pueblo County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -455 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 938 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 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 202245
SVRPUB
COC101-202345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
445 PM MDT SAT JUN 20 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST PUEBLO
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...BEULAH...
RYE...COLORADO CITY
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL WAS MOVING ACROSS BEULAH...24 MILES
WEST SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO AT 443 PM MDT. MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST
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.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. ONCE
INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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.
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 20, 2:07 PM MDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
COZ009-202130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO 200 PM MDT SUN JUN 20 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO... THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED OVER SEVERAL MOUNTAIN AREAS BY 200 PM MDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO INTO THE EVENING HOURS...WITH PARTIAL CLEARING OVERNIGHT. REMEMBER THAT THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS...SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS. PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A THUNDERSTORMS IS INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER BENEATH ISOLATED TREES OR NEAR TELEPHONE POLES. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL OR STATE POLICE FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BTK
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 2:23 PM MDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-202215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 220 PM MDT SAT JUN 20 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL 800 PM MDT... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NEARLY ALL OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL 800 PM MDT THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT 215 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO FROM AROUND SALIDA DOWN TO AROUND LA VETA IN HUERFANO COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST 20 TO 25 MPH. PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN CALM BUT PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER IN THEIR AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAINR AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER WITHOUT DELAY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. GRAY
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 3:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-202255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 255 PM MDT SAT JUN 20 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL 800 PM MDT... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NEARLY ALL OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL 800 PM MDT THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT 250 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS FROM NEAR SALIDA ALONG THE FREMONT...CHAFFEE COUNTY LINES TO SOUTHWEST OF TRINIDAD NEAR THE COLORADO...NEW MEXICO BORDER. STORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WERE IN SOUTHERN FREMONT COUNTY NEAR WETMORE...AND SOUTHWEST OF TRINIDAD. THESE STORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP AND WERE MOVING EAST 20 TO 25 MPH. PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD CONTINUE TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER IN THEIR AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. BE PREPARED TO MOVE T+O SAFE SHELTER WITHOUT DELAY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. GRAY
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 3:02 PM MDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
COZ014-202200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 300 PM MDT SAT JUN 20 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR MOST OF EASTERN COLORADO... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES..EL PASO-ELBERT-LINCOLN-WESTERN CHEYENNE AND WESTERN KIT CARSON. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE CITIES OF COLORADO SPRINGS.. WOODLAND PARK..LIMON..CASTLE ROCK AND KIOWA. AT 3PM..THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR THE TOWN OF DECKERS..ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS..AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN EASTERN COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF NECESSARY. HAVILL
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 3:26 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
COZ014-202325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 325 PM MDT SAT JUN 20 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR MOST OF EASTERN COLORADO... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES..EL PASO-ELBERT-LINCOLN-WESTERN CHEYENNE AND WESTERN KIT CARSON. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE CITIES OF COLORADO SPRINGS.. WOODLAND PARK..LIMON..CASTLE ROCK AND KIOWA. AT 315PM..THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR THE TOWN OF WESTCREEK..ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS OR 15 MILES NORTH OF WOODLAND PARK..MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN EASTERN COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF NECESSARY. HAVILL
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 3:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
COZ015-016-017-202340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 340 PM MDT SAT JUN 20 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL 800 PM MDT... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NEARLY ALL OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL 800 PM MDT THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT 335 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH POSSIBLE HAIL WAS IN CUSTER COUNTY...FROM 7 MILES EAST OF WESTCLIFFE TO NEAR WETMORE OR IN AN AREA FROM 25 TO 40 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST 15 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THIS STORM IN CUSTER COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE TO A PLACE OF STURDY SHELTER I'F THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. GRAY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 6:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 65 min |
| 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, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.