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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 5, 1992Crowley County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1992, 2:22 PM MDT for Crowley County, Colorado. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1992, 2:22 PM MDT (20:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1992, 3:05 PM MDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Crowley County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 178 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1992-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1992-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2832 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 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 052022
SVRPUB
COC025-052130-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
222 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
      CENTRAL AND EASTERN CROWLEY

 THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...ORDWAY
 AND SUGAR CITY.

AT 215 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN CENTRAL CROWLEY COUNTY
15 MILES NORTH OF ORDWAY. HAIL WAS INDICATED WITH THIS STORM.

THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND
SHOULD CROSS THE ORDWAY...SUGAR CITY AREA BY 230 PM MDT.
   AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.  ONCE
INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

GRAY

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, Jun 5, 11:45 AM MDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
COZ014-051935-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
1145 AM MDT FRI JUN 5 1992

AT 1140AM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...
ONE LOCATED NEAR MONUMENT OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY...
ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS.  THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING
INTO NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY IN THE NEXT 10 MINUTES.  ANOTHER STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO ELBERT COUNTY...ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH
OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND ANOTHER WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
COLORADO SPRINGS IN TELLER COUNTY.

THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH AND MAY
PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND...HAIL AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNINjG.

PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST 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, Jun 5, 12:12 PM MDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
COZ014-051915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
1210 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 1992

AT 1210PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
STRONG...EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES WEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS IN TELLER
COUNTY TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS IN NORTHERN EL
PASO COUNTY.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT
35 MPH AND MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND...HAIL
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

PERSONS IN SOUTHEASTERN 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, Jun 5, 12:16 PM MDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
COZ016-017-051915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1217 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS IN PUEBLO COUNTY...

AT 1210 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE EASTERN HALF OF PUEBLO
COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS
MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND HAIL.  JUST
BEFORE NOON...PUEBLO MEMORIAL AIRPORT RECORDED A GUST TO
44 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE FOOTHILLS
IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE
TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
EVENSON
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 12:41 PM MDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
COZ014-051915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
1240 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 1992

AT 1240PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
STRONG...CONTINUING FROM ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS
IN TELLER COUNTY TO ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS IN
EL PASO COUNTY.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT
35 MPH AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY ;RAIN...STRONG GUSTY
WIND..SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

PERSONS IN SOUTHEASTERN 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, Jun 5, 12:59 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
COZ016-017-052015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1255 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR PART OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT THAT INCLUDES
NORTHWESTERN BENT...CROWLEY...KIOWA...NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS
...OTERO...AND EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

AN UNCONFIRMED TORNADO WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN
IN AN OPEN FIELD ABOUT 12 TO 15 MILES NORTH OF FOWLER IN CROWLEY
COUNTY AT 1215 PM. THE ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORM HAS SINCE DISSIPATED.

PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE
WEATHER IN THEIR AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. STAY TUNED
TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES.
BT
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:24 PM MDT, 58 minutes before
COZ009-052300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SAN LUIS VALLEY WEATHER UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO
125 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ACROSS THE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. A THUNDERSTORM PASSED OVER THE
ALAMOSA AIRPORT AROUND NOON BRINGING GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF LIGHT RAIN
AND LIGHTNING. ONLY 0.01 INCH OF RAIN WAS MEASURED AT THE AIRPORT
AS THE STORM MOVED TO THE EAST.

REMEMBER THAT THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS...SMALL STREAMS AND
LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

PERSONS IN THE AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER AND BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. THE SAFEST PLACE DURING
A THUNDERSTORM IS IN A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER
FLOOD-PRONE AREAS.

CONTINUE TO STAY ABREAST OF THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA...AND REPOT ANY SEVERE
WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL OR STATE POLICE FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

BTK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 8:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo39 min
Jun 5, 2:46 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBCrowley, Kiowa, Otero19 min
Jun 5, 3:52 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca, Prowers38 min
Jun 5, 4:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Prowers57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.