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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 25, 1992Crowley County, Otero County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1992, 5:17 PM MDT for Crowley County, Otero County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 1992, 5:17 PM MDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1992, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 86 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, Fort Carson/Butt, CO at 12:00Z on 1992-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Carson/Butt, CO at 12:00Z on 1992-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-158 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1299 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPUB 252317
SVRPUB
COC025-089-101-260015-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
517 PM MDT THU JUN 25 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
      CROWLEY...NORTHERN OTERO...NORTHEAST PUEBLO

 THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...BOONE...
 OLNEY SPRINGS...CROWLEY...ORDWAY...FOWLER...MANZANOLA...ROCKY
 FORD...SWINK...LA JUNTA AND SUGAR CITY.

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEAST PUEBLO
COUNTY 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. THE STORM WAS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. LARGE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS.

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.

CASEY

What 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 25, 1:42 PM MDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
COZ009-252200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO WEATHER UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO
145 PM MDT THU JUN 25 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...

THUNDRSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SEVERAL OF THE MOUNTAIN AREAS THIS
AFTERNOON AND ARE MOVING ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS...WITH THE SKY BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT.

REMEMBER THAT THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO ARE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF PERIODS
OF HEAVY RAIN AND VERY 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 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 25, 2:41 PM MDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-252200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
235 PM MDT THU JUN 25 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS IN EASTERN CUSTER COUNTY...

AT 230 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WERE IN EASTERN CUSTER
COUNTY....30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE SOUTHEAST FOOTHILLS.

BESIDES HEAVY RAINS THE THUNDERSTROMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PEOPLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT AND SEEK A SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO.

CASEY
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 4:52 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
COZ014-016-260000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
452 PM MDT THU JUN 25 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT TIL 9PM MDT...

AT 445PM MDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH
SOF COLORADO SPRINGS IN SOUTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY TO ABOUT LIMON IN
NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY.

HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND BRIEF/LOCAL STREET FLOODING ALONG WITH FREQUENT
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TOWARD THE
EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH.

PERSONS IN EASTERN COLORADO SHOULD STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

CuROWLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 4:55 PM MDT, 22 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-260000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
453 PM MDT THU JUN 25 1992

...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH TOWARDS SOUTHEAST
   COLORADO...

AT 448 PM MDT A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINS WAS JUST NORTH OF THE CROWLEY AND PUEBLO COUNTY LINES AND EXTEND
INTO NORTH CENTRAL PREMONT COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM IN FREMONT
COUNTY WAS JUST NORTHWEST OF PARKDALE COLORADO WHICH IS 35 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF PUEBLO COLORADO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
MILES AN HOUR. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL
IN SOUTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST CROWLEY
COUNTY SHORTLY AFTER 400 PM MDT.

BESIDES HEAVY RAINS THE THUNDERSTROMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PEOPLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT AND SEEK A SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO
UNTIL 900 PM MDT.

CASEY
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 4:58 PM MDT, 19 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-260000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
453 PM MDT THU JUN 25 1992

...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH TOWARDS SOUTHEAST
   COLORADO...

AT 448 PM MDT A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINS WAS JUST NORTH OF THE CROWLEY AND PUEBLO COUNTY LINES AND EXTEND
INTO NORTH CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM IN FREMONT
COUNTY WAS JUST NORTHWEST OF PARKDALE COLORADO WHICH IS 35 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF PUEBLO COLORADO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
MILES AN HOUR. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL
IN SOUTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST CROWLEY
COUNTY SHORTLY AFTER 500 PM MDT.

BESIDES HEAVY RAINS THE THUNDERSTROMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PEOPLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT AND SEEK A SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

A SEVERE THUHNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO
UNTIL 900 PM MDT.

CASEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 3:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Pueblo57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.