Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 1992, 2:07 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 53 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
- Aug 10, 1992, 2:07 PM MDT (20:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 1992, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Prowers County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2:20 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Prowers, 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 2584 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1662 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -110 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 102011 COR
SVRPUB
COC099-102100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTED WARNING AREA
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
207 PM MDT MON AUG 10 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
NORTH AND CENTRAL PROWERS
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...LAMAR...
WILEY...KORNMAN AND CARLTON.
AT 202 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES
NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF LAMAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN
HOUR.
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.
EVENSONWhat 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, Aug 10, 11:05 AM MDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-101800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1105 AM MDT MON AUG 10 1992 ...EARLY DAY THUNDERSTORMS IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 1100 AM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN WESTERN HUERFANO...EASTERN FREMONT AND WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS...SO USE CAUTION. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA FIND SAFE SHELTER INDOORS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND SOUTHEAST COLORADO THROUGH THE DAY.
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 11:55 AM MDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
COZ009-102130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO 100 PM MDT MON AUG 10 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS AND HAVE BEGAN TO MOVE INTO THE VALLEY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS RUN ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY NEAR THE SAN JUANS MOUNTAINS ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE SOUTH NEAR SAN LUIS AND OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAIN. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE LATE INTO THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN THE AREAS OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. BARNETT
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 12:09 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-101900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1210 PM MDT MON AUG 10 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF WALSENBURG... AT NOON MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF AGUILAR OR ALONG THE HUERFANO/LAS ANIMAS COUNTY LINE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. MOTORISTS ALONG INTERSTATE 25 SOUTH OF WALSENBURG AND NORTH OF AGUILAR SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REDUCE SPEED IF WATER IS COVERING THE ROAD. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AROUND SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA FIND SAFE SHELTER INDOORS.
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 12:45 PM MDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-102000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1245 PM MDT MON AUG 10 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN WESTERN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 1240 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EASTERN HUERFANO AND SOUTHWEST PUEBLO COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF AGUILAR AND 8 MILES NORTH OF THE TOWN OF GARDNER. THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY HAIL. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REDUCE SPEED IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AROUND SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA FIND SAFE SHELTER INDOORS.
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 2:06 PM MDT, 1 minute before
COZ004-011>014-016-017-102100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 200 PM MDT MON AUG 10 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9PM MDT FOR EASTERN COLORADO INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF KIT CARSON...SAW5
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 1:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 2:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 31 min |
| Aug 10, 4:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 57 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.