Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1992, 4:35 PM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 1992, 4:35 PM MDT (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 1992, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bent County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 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 292235
SVRPUB
COC011-292330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
435 PM MDT WED JUL 29 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
NORTH CENTRAL BENT
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...LAS ANIMAS
...FORT LYON AND HASTY.
AT 430 PM MDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO NORTHERN BENT
COUNTY...ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF LAS ANIMAS. HAIL WAS INDICATED
WITH THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH.
THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE NEAR FORT LYON AND HASTY BEFORE 5 PM MDT.
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.
BOATERS...FISHERS AND OTHER PEOPLE AT THE JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR
SHOULD ALSO BE OFF THE WATER. STRONG WIND GUSTS OF THESE STORMS
CAN EASILY CAPSIZE YOUR BOAT. DO NOT REMAIN NEAR THE WATER DURING
A THUNDERSTORM.
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 29, 1:19 PM MDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
COZ004-011-292015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 115 PM MDT WED JUL 29 1992 AT 115PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN NORTH AND WEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS NEAR THE PARK/TELLER COUNTY LINE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 TO 20 MPH AND MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.X..HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WIND. FURTHER UPDATES WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. CROWLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 2:10 PM MDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
COZ004-011-292115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 210 PM MDT WED JUL 29 1992 AT 210PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING...SOME STRONG...FROM COLORADO SPRINGS TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS IN EL PASO COUNTY...AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS IN TELLER COUNTY. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. ALL OF THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. 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 29, 2:34 PM MDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
COZ009-292300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO 235 PM MDT WED JUL 24 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVER THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL MOVE OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS DURING THE REST OF THE DAY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO INTO THE EVENING HOURS. PERSONS IN THE AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A THUNDERSTORM IS INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL OR STATE POLICE FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS MEDIA. BTK
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 2:50 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
COZ014-015-016-292245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 250 PM MDT WED JUL 29 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 245 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE IN SOUTHWEST EL PASO COUNTY SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST 15 MPH...AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST PUEBLO COUNTY AROUND 3 PM MDT. WIND GUSTS TO 49 MPH HAVE ALREADY BEEN CLOCKED AT PUEBLO MEMORIAL AIRPORT AT 248 PM MDT AHEAD OF THESE STORMS...AND MORE GUSTY WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. IN ADDITION... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY AND THE CITY OF PUEBLO. PEOPLE IN TH E PUEBLO AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE STORMS MOVING TOWARD THE CITY. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. GRAY
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 3:37 PM MDT, 58 minutes before
COZ015-016-292245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 335 PM MDT WED JUL 29 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED INTO THE PUEBLO AREA... AT 330 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAD ENTERED PUEBLO COUNTY AND WERE OVER AND WEST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS STILL AROUND 15 MPH TO THE SOUTHEAST...AND THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORMS SHOULD BE SOUTH OF PUEBLO AROUND 4 PM MDT. WIND GUSTS TO 48 MPH OCCURRED AT PUEBLO MEMORIAL AIRPORT JUST AFTER 3 PM AS THE STORMS APPROACHED THE CITY. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE AS LONG AS THE STORMS ARE IN THE AREA. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE IN PUEBLO COUNTY ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS. PEOPLE IN THE PUEBLO AREA...AND THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THESE STORMS IN PUEBLO COUNTY. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. | GRAY
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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.