Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1992, 4:23 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Colorado. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1992, 4:23 PM MDT (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1992, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Huerfano County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 286 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
- 635 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 882 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KPUB 212223
SVRPUB
COC055-101-212315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
423 PM MDT SUN JUN 21 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
NORTHERN HUERFANO...SOUTHWEST PUEBLO
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...RYE...
COLORADO CITY AND MOTORISTS ALONG I-25 NEAR COLORADO CITY.
AT 415 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN SOUTHWEST PUEBLO
COUNTY NEAR COLORADO CITY. HAIL 1/2 INCH TO 3/4 INCH IN
DIAMETER WAS REPORTED IN COLORADO CITY. THE STORM IS MOVING
SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 20 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.
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 21, 1:13 PM MDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
COZ009-212130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO 110 PM MDT SUN JUN 21 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SEVERAL MOUNTAIN AREAS AGAIN THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FORM OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS...WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...WITH PARTIAL CLEARING OVERNIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF MODERATE RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. 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 BENEA8TH 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 21, 1:32 PM MDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
COZ013-014-212030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 120 PM MDT SUN JUN 21 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9PM FOR MOST OF EASTERN COLORADO... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EASTERN COLORADO..EAST OF A LINE FROM NORTH OF FORT COLLINS TO WEST OF TRINIDAD. TOWNS AND CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE COLORADO SPRINGS.. WOODLAND PARK..KIOWA..CASTLE ROCK..DENVER..LIMON..BURLINGTON..LA JUNTA.. TRINIDAD AND PUEBLO. AT 115 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING WEST OF THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE AND WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN EASTERN COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF NECESSARY. STAY TUNED TO NWS RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS THAT MAY BE REQUIRED. HAVILL
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 2:34 PM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
COZ017-212115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 230 PM MDT SUN JUN 21 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO... THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN AND AROUND THE PIKES PEAK AREA AT 220 PM AND ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO FREMONT AND PUEBLO COUNTY DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEA<THER CONDITIONS IN THEIR AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. BT
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:26 PM MDT, 57 minutes before
COZ017-212215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 327 PM MDT SUN JUN 21 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTOY OF HAIL ARE IN SOUTHWEST EL PASO COUNTY AT 315 PM MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY BY 400 PM. MOTORISTS ALONG I-25 NORTH OF PUEBLO SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THEIR AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND 4POSSIBLY TORNADOES. BT
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:35 PM MDT, 48 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-212215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 327 PM MDT SUN JUN 21 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTOY OF HAIL ARE IN SOUTHWEST EL PASO COUNTY AT 315 PM MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY BY 400 PM. MOTORISTS ALONG I-25 NORTH OF PUEBLO SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THEIR AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. BT
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:45 PM MDT, 38 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-212230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 344 PM MDT SUN JUN 21 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 342 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALONG THE EL PASO/PUEBLO COUNTY LINE ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS A FEW MILES EAST OF WETMORE IN EXTREME WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THEIR AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. BT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 6:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 24 min |
| Jun 20, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 37 min |
| Jun 20, 8:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 4:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 22 min |
| Jun 21, 5:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 48 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.