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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 10, 1992Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 1992, 4:03 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 10, 1992, 4:03 PM MDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 1992, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Prowers County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1992-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2584 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1992-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -69 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPUB 102208 COR
SVRPUB
COC099-102300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTED...MOVEMENT
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
403 PM MDT MON AUG 10 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
      NORTHEAST PROWERS

 THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...HOLLY...
 GRANADA...BRISTOL AND HARTMAN

AT 355 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN PROWERS COUNTY
FIVE MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLLY...WHICH IS 66 MILES EAST OF LA JUNTA
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. THE STORM
WAS 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.

CASEY

What 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, 12:09 PM MDT, 3 hours 54 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, 3 hours 18 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 hour 57 minutes 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
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 2:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 53 minutes 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...CHEYENNE...AND SOUTHEAST
   LINCOLN...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL
COLORADO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER IN CHEYENNE COUNTY...ABOUT 20 MILES EAST
OF CHEYENNE WELLS...WHICH IS 30 MILES SOUTH OF BURLINGTON.  THIS
STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AS 15 MPH.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WIND...HAIL...
AND HEAVY RAIN.  PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD BE ALERT
TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
.
GURNEY
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 3:31 PM MDT, 32 minutes before
COZ009-110000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO WEATHER UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO
430 PM MDT MON AUG 10 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS
EVENING...WITH THE SKY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO CLEARING LATE.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY OVER THE CENTRAL AND SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING...WITH SCATTERED STORMS OVER THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA.

REMEMBER THAT ALL THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING. 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.

BTK
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 3:46 PM MDT, 17 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-102300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
345 PM MDT MON AUG 10 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL IN SOUTHWEST KIOWA
   COUNTY...

AT 340 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL WAS
IN SOUTHWEST KIOWA COUNTY THREE MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARLINGTON...WHICH IS
19 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF LA JUNTA. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
20 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS...WERE IN BENT
...PROWERS...NORTHWEST BACA AND NORTHEAST LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS. SOME
STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROU~S LIGHTNING.

MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REDUCE SPEED IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA FIND SAFE SHELTER.

CASEY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 1:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa29 min
Aug 10, 2:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers53 min
Aug 10, 2:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent31 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.