Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 1992, 6:44 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 1992, 6:44 PM MDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 1992, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Huerfano County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 353 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
- 286 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPUB 210044
SVRPUB
COC055-101-210115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
644 PM MDT MON JUL 20 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
EXTREME NORTHERN HUERFANO...WESTERN PUEBLO
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...IN PUEBLO
COUNTY...RYE...COLORADO CITY AND BEULAH. IN HUERFANO COUNTY...
GARDNER.
AT 640 PM MDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH WESTERN
PUEBLO COUNTY FROM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF PUEBLO TO NEAR BEULAH...
24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO AND 5 MILES NORTH OF GARDNER.
LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS ARE ALL LIKELY
WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST 15 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. REMEXMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
GRAYWhat 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 20, 2:22 PM MDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
COZ004-011-012-014-016-202130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 220 PM MDT MON JUL 20 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH TIL 10PM MDT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF COLORADO SPRINGS...WOODLAND PARK...AND LIMON... AT 220PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUNTAINS 30 TO 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS IN PARK AND SOUTHWEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH AND MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WIND. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TOR- NADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREBA. 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. CROWLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 3:48 PM MDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
COZ004-006-014-015-016-202245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 340 PM MDT MON JUL 20 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO NORTHERN FREMONT COUNTY... AT 335 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY...17 MILES NORTHWEST OF PARKDALE...OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF CANON CITY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST 15 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN SHOULD BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN FREMONT COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS FALLING OVER THE STEEP TERRAIN IN THAT AREA COULD CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF OF WATER...PEOPLE NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. REMAIN ALERT TO THE STORMS IN YOUR AREA AND HEAD TO SAFE SHELTER...OR HIGH GROUND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY... AND THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. GRAY
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 4:48 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
COZ004-006-014-015-016-210005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 445 PM MDT MON JUL 20 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN APPROACHING PARKDALE IN FREMONT COUNTY... AT 440 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY...17 MILES NORTHWEST OF PARKDALE...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF CANON CITY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST 15 MPH. HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH POSSIBLE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND LIGHTNING SHOULD BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN FREMONT COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS FALLING OVER THE STEEP TERRAIN IN THAT AREA COULD CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF OF WATER...AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING OF CANYON AREAS. PEOPLE IN FREMONT COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO STRONG STORMS NEAR PARKDALE. HEAD TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL 10 PM MDT...INCLUDING EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY GRAY
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 5:31 PM MDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
COZ004-011-012-014-016-202130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 530 PM MDT MON JUL 20 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH TIL 10PM MDT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF COLORADO SPRINGS...WOODLAND PARK...AND LIMON... AT 530 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NORTH AND SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS MOVING INTO ELBERT COUNTY BUT NO DEVELOPMENT AT THIS TIME IN TELLER OR EL PASO COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH AND MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WIND. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TOR- NADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. 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 20, 5:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
COZ004-011-012-014-016-210030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ... CORRECTION ... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 530 PM MDT MON JUL 20 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH TIL 10PM MDT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF COLORADO SPRINGS...WOODLAND PARK...AND LIMON... AT 530 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NORTH AND SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS MOVING INTO ELBERT COUNTY BUT NO DEVELOPMENT AT THIS TIME IN TELLER OR EL PASO COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH AND MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WIND. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TOR- NADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. 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
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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.