Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1992, 8:51 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1992, 8:51 PM MDT (02:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1992, 9:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pueblo County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2536 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPUB 050251
SVRPUB
COC101-050345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
851 PM MDT THU JUN 4 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST PUEBLO
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...PUEBLO.
AT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO
AT 845 PM MDT. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF PUEBLO AS THE STORM MOVED SOUTHEAST TO 25 MPH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. ONCE
INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, Jun 4, 4:46 PM MDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
COZ015-016-050015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 445 PM MDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS... AT 440 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN HUERFANO COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO...ALONG THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALSENBURG...WITH ANOTHER STORM 5 MILES NORTH OF WALSENBURG. BOTH THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE FOOTHILLS AROUND WALSENBURG SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE STORM IN THEIR AREA. HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IN STEEP TERRAIN THE HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH A THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE CASES FLA]SH FLOODING. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. GRAY
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:05 PM MDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
COZ015-016-050015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 445 PM MDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS... AT 440 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN HUERFANO COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO...ALONG THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALSENBURG...WITH ANOTHER STORM 5 MILES NORTH OF WALSENBURG. BOTH THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE FOOTHILLS AROUND WALSENBURG SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE STORM IN THEIR AREA. HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IN STEEP TERRAIN THE HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH A THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. GRAY
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:25 PM MDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
COZ010-015-016-050030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 525 PM MDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS... AT 520 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL WERE IN WESTERN THROUGH NORTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR THATCHER IN THE NORTHWEST TO AROUND SEGUNDO IN THE WEST. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE WESTERN AND NORTHWEST LAS ANIMAS COUNTY SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THE STORMS IN THEIR AREA. HEAVY RAIN... STRONG WINDS AND HAIL COULD ALL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...HEAD TO SAFE SHELTER WITHOUT DELAY. GRAY
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:22 PM MDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
COZ015-016-050130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 620 PM MDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY... AT 615 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE CONTINUED IN NORTHERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...NEAR AND EAST OF THATCHER TO MODEL ALONG HIGHWAY 350. THE STORMS HAD SLOWED THEIR SOUTHEAST MOVEMENT TO AROUND 10 MPH. HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE REPORTED AROUND MODEL AT 610 PM MDT. ELECTRIC POWER HAD BEEN INTERRUPTED DURING THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BETWEEN THATCHER AND MODEL SHOULD CONTINUE TO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THE STORMS IN THEIR AREA. HEAVY RAINS IN THESE AREAS CAN QUICKLY FLOOD WASHES AND CREEK BEDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER WITHOUT DELAY. GRAY
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
COZ016-017-050240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 740 PM MDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND WESTERN BACA COUNTIES... AT 735 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY NORTH OF KIM TO WESTERN BACA COUNTY WEST AND NORTHWEST OF PRITCHETT. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS 4 MILES SOUTHT OF PRITCHETT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST 20 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN OTERO AND BENT COUNTIES FROM SOUTH OF LA JUNTA TO NORTH OF HASTY. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN THESE COUNTIES. PEOPLE NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...AND MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. GRAY
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 8:26 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-050330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 825 PM MDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 820 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO. AROUND 8 PM THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED WEST AND NORTH OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO IN PUEBLO COUNTY...AND WERE MOVING THROUGH THE CITY AT 815 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EASTERN OTERO THROUGH NORTHERN BENT COUNTY FROM LA JUNTA...ACROSS THE TOWN OF LAS ANIMAS TO NORTHEAST OF HASTY. IN BACA COUNTY...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PRITCHETT TO SPRINGFIELD. ALL THE STORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN COLORADO WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS ALSO PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SOME OF THE STORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL THIS EVENING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN CALM BUT ALERT ...AND MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. GRAY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 43 min |
| Jun 5, 2:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 19 min |
| Jun 5, 3:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 4:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 57 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.