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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 20, 1992Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1992, 6:21 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 1992, 6:21 PM MDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1992, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Pueblo County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1992-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1461 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1992-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1461 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1459 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPUB 210021
SVRPUB
COC101-210100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
621 PM MDT SAT JUN 20 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
      EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PUEBLO

 THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...BOONE
 AND AVONDALE.

A BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE SOUTH SOUTHEAST
THROUGH NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY FROM 25 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS IN THE
BOONE AND AVONDALE AREA.

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.

GRAY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero37 min
Jun 20, 8:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers59 min
Jun 21, 4:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo22 min
Jun 21, 4:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano52 min
Jun 21, 5:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas48 min

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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.