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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 27, 19924 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1992, 3:39 PM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1992, 3:39 PM MDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1992, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Otero County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 272139
SVRPUB
COC011-025-061-089-272245-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
      NORTHWEST BENT...EXTREME EASTERN CROWLEY...WESTERN 
      KIOWA...EXTREME NORTHEAST OTERO

 THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...ARLINGTON
 ...HASWELL...CHERAW AND MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 96 BETWEEN ORDWAY
 AND HASWELL.

AT 335 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN
CROWLEY COUNTY AND EXTENDING INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST OTERO COUNTY...
MOVING SLOWLY EAST.

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.

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, 12:58 PM MDT, 2 hours 41 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, 2 hours 35 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, 2 hours 22 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, 1 hour 58 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, 1 hour 38 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
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:08 PM MDT, 31 minutes before
COZ014-272200

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

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

AT 3 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN ELBERT
COUNTY...EL PASO COUNTY AND LINCOLN COUNTY COLORADO.  THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE LOCATED IN A LINE FROM SOUTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY ABOUT 50
MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON TO NORTHEAST LINCOLN COUNTY ABOUT 30 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LIMON.  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 10
MPH.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

PERSONS IN EASTERN COLORADO SHOULD STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND 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.

HUBER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 2:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Pueblo56 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.