Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1992, 7:59 PM MDT for Alamosa County, Conejos County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 1992, 7:59 PM MDT (01:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1992, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Conejos County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2280 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDEN 140201
SVRALS
COC003-021-140230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO
ISSUED BY NWS DENVER CO
759 PM MDT THU AUG 13 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN ALAMOSA AND EASTERN CONEJOS
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
LA JARA...MANASSA...ROMEO AND SANFORD
AT 759 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA JARA ...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF
ALAMOSA.
THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY
SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN.
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE
INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND
DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.
TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE
THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN DENVER.
LESZCYNSKI
LAT...LON 3707 10578 3705 10598 3738 10604 3743 10578What 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, 2:16 PM MDT, 5 hours 43 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, 4 hours 56 minutes 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, 4 hours 40 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, 4 hours 27 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
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 5:30 PM MDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-140015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 530 PM MDT THU AUG 13 1992 ...MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN ROCKY FORD... AT 525 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO...AND NEAR ROCKY FORD IN OTERO COUNTY. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN ROCKY FORD AT 515 PM. THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH|. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING ...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. BT
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 6:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-140115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 620 PM MDT THU AUG 13 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 615 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ALONG THE PUEBLO/CROWLEY COUNTY LINE 30 MILES EAST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE MOVING INTO WESTERN HUERFANO COUNTY 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALSENBURG. THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING ...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. BT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 7:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos | 35 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.