Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 1992, 5:25 PM MDT for Custer County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 1992, 5:25 PM MDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 1992, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Custer County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 6:00 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Custer, CO |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPUB 172325
SVRPUB
COC027-101-180015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
525 PM MDT MON AUG 17 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
EXTREME EASTERN CUSTER...SOUTHWEST PUEBLO
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...
WETMORE IN CUSTER COUNTY AND RYE...COLORADO CITY AND BEULAH
IN PUEBLO COUNTY.
AT 520 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 1 MILE SOUTH OF
WETMORE OR 27 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.
THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY WITHOUT DELAY IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.
VERY HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY TO FLOOD ROADWAY&S AND MOTORISTS
ARE URGED TO AVOID THIS AREA DURING THE WARNING PERIOD.
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 17, 3:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-172245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 350 PM MDT MON AUG 17 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVE INTO FREMONT COUNTY... AT 345 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO FREMONT COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO ABOUT 16 MILES NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF CANON CITY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS NEAR OR IN THE PATH OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAIN...STFRONG WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING CLOUDS APPROACH YOUR AREA. BT
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 4:17 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
COZ009-180000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO 415 PM MDT MON AUG 17 1992 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION... EARLY THIS EVENING RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHWEST AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH GRADUALLY CLEARING OVERNIGHT OVER THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP QUICKLY AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH LOWS FALLING INTO THE 40S BY MORNING. REMEMBER THAT ALL THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. PERSONS IzN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO 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 17, 4:44 PM MDT, 41 minutes before
COZ004-012>014-016-017-170430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 440 PM MDT MON AUG 17 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EL PASO...ELBERT AND LINCOLN AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES... AT 415 PM MDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS OVER THE AREA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED NEAR SIMLA...2 MILES NORTH OF FIRST VIEW IN CHEYENNE COUNTY...ELSEWHERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN KIT CARSON COUNTY NEAR BURLINGTON. THESE THUNDRRSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED NEAR 3/4 INCH HAIL NEAR VICTOR AND CRIPPLE CREEK...AND WERE ALSO PRODUCING VERY RAINS...AND WITHIN THE LAST 5 MINUTES HAVE ALSO PRODUCED A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTH OF SIMLA. PERSONS IN THE PIKES PEAK REGION AND THE EASTERN PLAINS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES. MOTORIST SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND USE CAUTION AS WATER MAY CROSS ROADWAYS.
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 5:12 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
COZ004-012>014-016-017-180030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 510 PM MDT MON AUG 17 1992 ...TORNADO WARNING FOR ELBERT COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY IS CANCELLED. AT 505 PM MDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED ONLY WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION AND EASTERN COLORADO..SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST. PERSONS IN THE PIKES PEAK REGION AND THE EASTERN PLAINS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF NECESSARY. HAVILL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 10:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 28 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.