Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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.
GRAYWhat 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. {}
CROWLEYSpecial 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 2:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 19 min |
| Jun 5, 3:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 4:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.