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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 27, 1992Crowley County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1992, 2:19 PM MDT for Crowley County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1992, 2:19 PM MDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1992, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crowley County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 12:00Z on 1992-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 78 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 12:00Z on 1992-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
78 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1413 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-52 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 272019
SVRPUB
COC025-101-272115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
219 PM MDT SAT JUN 27 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
      WESTERN CROWLEY...EASTERN PUEBLO

 THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...BOONE...
 FOWLER...OLNEY SPRINGS...ORDWAY...MANZANOLA...CROWLEY.

A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY
MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR.  THESE STORMS WILL THREATEN
THE TOWNS OF FOWLER AND OLNEY SPRINGS BY 300 PM.

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 DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

EVENSON/TESAR

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 27, 12:07 PM MDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-271900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1206 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

AT 1205 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE NEARBY MOUNTAINS
AND FOOTHILLS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN LAS
ANIMAS COUNTY NEAR AGUILAR AND TRINIDAD...AND IN FREMONT COUNTY NORTH
OF CANON CITY. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED AT THIS TIME.

PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE WEATHER
IN THEIR AREA. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL
...STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER FOR UPDATES.

BT
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 12:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-272000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
100 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO TIL 800 PM MDT...

AT 1255 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY.
OTHER STORMS WERE IN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY NORTH AND SOUTH OF TRINIDAD.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE STORMS IN PUEBLO COUNTY
ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE CITY OF PUEBLO BY 200 PM MDT.

PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE WEATHER
IN THEIR AREA. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL
...STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. LOCAL FLOODING
OF LOW LYING AREAS AND STREETS IS POSSIBLE.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER FOR UPDATES.

BT
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:04 PM MDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-272000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
105 PM MDT SAT JUN 27 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO TIL 800 PM MDT...

AT 1255 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY.
OTHER STORMS WERE IN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY NORTH AND SOUTH OF TRINIDAD.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE STORMS IN PUEBLO COUNTY
ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE CITY OF PUEBLO BY 200 PM MDT.

PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE WEATHER
IN THEIR AREA. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL
...STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. LOCAL FLOODING
OF LOW LYING AREAS AND STBREETS IS POSSIBLE.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER FOR UPDATES.

BT
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:17 PM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-272000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
115 PM MDT SAT JUN 27 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO TIL 800 PM MDT...

AT 110 PM MDT STRONpG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG INTERSTATE-25 BETWEEN
PUEBLO AND COLORADO SPRINGS. MOTORISTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD SLOW DOWN OR
PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SHOULD THEY ENCOUNTER HEAVY RAIN OR HAIL.
THE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY EAST.

BT
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:41 PM MDT, 38 minutes before
COZ014-272130

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
1 35 PM MDT SAT JUN 27 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM MDT...

LIMON RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM
NORTHEAST OF LIMON SOUTHWEST TO 20 SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS 20 SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...
ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING. THIS STORM APPEARS TO BE ONVER I-25 AT THIS TIME...AND
IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
IF YOU ARE DRIVING...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER FLOWING
ACROSS THE ROAD.

JKH
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:01 PM MDT, 18 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-272100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
200 PM MDT SAT JUN 27 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO TIL 800 PM MDT...

AT 155 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH AND
NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO MOVING SLOWLY EAST SOUTHEAST. HEAVY
RAIN AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WTH THESE STORMS AND PERSONS IN NORTHERN
AND EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER AS THEY MOVE THROUGH
THE AREA.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN PUEBLO AND SCATTERED THROUGH
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. AT 128 PM MDT A STORM DROPPED 1/2 INCH TO 3/4 INCH
HAIL IN COLORADO CITY. THAT STORM HAS SINCE MOVED EAST AND WEAKENED.

RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...AND MOVE TO
SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
BT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 3:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero66 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.