Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1992, 4:04 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 1992, 4:04 PM MDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1992, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pueblo County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 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
- 121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -437 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1055 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KPUB 132204
SVRPUB
COC101-132230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
404 PM MDT THU AUG 13 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
SOUTHWEST PUEBLO
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...
BEULAH...RYE AND COLORADO CITY.
AT 400 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF RYE
OR 32 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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.
TESARWhat 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 13, 12:49 PM MDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-132030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1250 PM MDT THU AUG 13 1992 ...ISOLATED THUNDERSHOWER IN EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY... AT 1245 PM MDT THERE WAS AN ISOLATED THUNDERSHOWER IN EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE THUNDERSHOWER WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED INTO PUEBLO EARLIER HAS DISSIPATED. THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. REMAIN ALERT AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APROACHES SEE SAFE SHELTER. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON. CASEY
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 1:35 PM MDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
COZ015-016-132100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 135 PM MDT THU AUG 13 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL MOVING INTO NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 130 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY MOVING INTO NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY. ONE STORM DROPPED 1/2 INCH HAIL AT FORT CARSON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ONE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN PUEBLO COUNTY JUBST NORTH OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL. REMAIN ALERT AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER. CASEY
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 2:16 PM MDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-132100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 214 PM MDT THU AUG 13 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 210 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN FREMONT AND PUEBLO COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 10 MILES NORTH OF FLORENCE IN FREMONT COUNTY WHILE ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO IN PUEBLO COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL THIS AFTERNOON. REMAIN ALERT AND IF THREATENING CLOUDS APPROACH YOUR AREA FIND SAFE SHELTER. RESIDENTS OF PUEBLO COUNTY SHOULD ESPECIALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER IN THEIR AREA THE NEXT FEW HOURS. BT
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 3:03 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
COZ015-016-017-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 302 PM MDT THU AUG 13 1992 ...MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN PENROSE... AT 300 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN FREMONT AND WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 18 MILES WEST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. THIS STORM DROPPED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN PENROSE...26 MILES NORTHWEST OF PUEBLO...AT 240 PM. PERSONS IN WESTEVRN PUEBLO COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PUEBLO AND PUEBLO WEST SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING CLOUDS APPROACH. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS ...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL THIS AFTERNOON. BT
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 3:19 PM MDT, 45 minutes before
COZ009-140030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO 415 PM MDT THU AUG 13 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE AREA... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING THROUGH MIDNIGHT OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND THE UPPER ARKANSAS VALLEY. THE GUNNISON AND SAN LUIS VALLEYS CAN EXPECT WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SKY OVER THE REGION WILL BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR AFTER MIDNIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY EVEN SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THE AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL OR STATE POLICE FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BARNETT
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 3:32 PM MDT, 32 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-132215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 330 PM MDT THU AUG 13 1992 ...MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN CANON CITY... AT 325 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN FREMONT...WESTERN PUEBLO AND HUERFANO COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR WALSENBURG IN HUERFANO COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN CANON CITY AT 300 PM MDT. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING ...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. STORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY AREAS IN AND CLOSE TO THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. BT
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.