Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1992, 8:12 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 1992, 8:12 PM MDT (02:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1992, 8:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Las Animas County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 8:25 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Las Animas, CO |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 293 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
- 849 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 914 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPUB 170212
SVRPUB
COC071-170245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
812 PM MDT THU JUL 16 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
NORTHWEST LAS-ANIMAS
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...
AGUILAR AND MOTORISTS ALONG INTERSTATE-25 FROM AGUILAR
TO TRINIDAD.
AT 815 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNERSTORM WAS ALONG THE HUERFANO/
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY LINE ABOUT 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRINIDAD.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, Jul 16, 4:50 PM MDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-162345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 450 PM MDT THU JUL 16 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO FREMONT COUNTY... AT 440 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO FREMONT COUNTY ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF PARKDALE. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL. PERSONS NEAR OR IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN FREMONT COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RISING WATER IN NEARBY STREAMS...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY. fBT
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:34 PM MDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
COZ014-170030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 530 PM MDT THU JUL 16 1992 AT 530 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE PIKES PEAK REGION OF COLORADO. AT 5 PM LIMON REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE STATION WHICH PRODUCED SOME SMALL HAIL AND MODERATE RAIN. OTHER STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED NEAR THE TOWN OF PEYTON IN NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH AND MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING WITH POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. 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. HUBER
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:44 PM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-170030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 540 PM MDT THU JUL 16 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN FREMONT COUNTY... AT 535 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN FREMONT COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CANON CITY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN FREMONT COUNTY AND CUSTER COUNTY. ALL THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY BY 600 PM. PERSONS NEAR OR IN THE PATH OF STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND STREETS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN PENROSE AND PUEBLO WEST SHOULD ESPECIALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER IN THEIR AREA UNTIL 630 PM. BT
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 6:37 PM MDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
COZ014-170135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 635 PM MDT THU JUL 16 1992 AT 635 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED A NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY...NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY...SOUTHERN ELBERT COUNTY AND SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH AND MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING WITH POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.P 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. HUBER
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 7:28 PM MDT, 44 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-170215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 725 PM MDT THU JUL 16 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVES INTO HUERFANO COUNTY... AT 720 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN HUERFANO COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO 8 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF WALSENBURG MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS IN AND NEAR WALSENBURG SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH THEIR AREA. MOTORISTS ALONG INTERSTATE-25 NORTH OF WALSENBURG SHOULD ALSO BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY HAIL. BT
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 7:31 PM MDT, 41 minutes before
COZ014-012-016-170235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 735 PM MDT THU JUL 16 1992 AT 735 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY...EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY AND SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH AND MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING WITH POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. 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. HUBER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 7:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 37 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.