Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1992, 4:33 PM MDT for Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 57 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
- Jun 5, 1992, 4:33 PM MDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1992, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Baca County, CO, Prowers County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:45 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Baca, 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 753 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 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 KPUB 052233
SVRPUB
COC009-099-052330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
433 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
NORTHEAST BACA...SOUTHERN PROWERS
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...CHENEY
CENTER...TRAVIS...TWO BUTTES...LYCAN AND WALSH.
AT 430 PM MDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHERN PROWERS
COUNTY AND IN NORTHEAST BACA COUNTY NEAR LYCAN. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 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.
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.
BTWhat 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, 12:59 PM MDT, 3 hours 34 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, 3 hours 9 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
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 3:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
COZ013-017-052230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 324 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 1992 AT 330PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...CON- TINUING OVER MUCH OF EASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF BURLINGTON TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF BURLINGTON...MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUR- LINGTON NEAR THE KIT CARSON/CHEYENNE COUNTY LINE MOVING INTO KANSAS. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL... STRONG GUSTY WIND AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN EASTERN 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, 3:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
COZ013-017-052230-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
330 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 1992
AT 330PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...CON-
TINUING OVER MUCH OF EASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY FROM 5 MILES NORTH
OF BURLINGTON TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF BURLINGTON...MOVING TOWARD THE
SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUR-
LINGTON NEAR THE KIT CARSON/CHEYENNE COUNTY LINE MOVING INTO
KANSAS.
THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...
STRONG GUSTY WIND AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
PERSONS IN EASTERN COLORADO SHOULD STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
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...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TIL 7PM MDT FOR EASTERN EL
PASO...ELBERT...KIT CARSON...LINCOLN AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES...
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS...
CROWLEYLocal storm report, Jun 5, 3:52 PM MDT, 41 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
352 PM MDT FRI JUN 05 1992
...FOR 6-5-92... PRELIMINARY REPORT...
TIME/MDT COUNTY EVENT
1406 LINCOLN TOR ON GROUND 5 NORTH ARRIBA -ST. PATROL
1410 KIT CARSON TOR ON GROUND 4 WEST FLAGLER -ST. PATROL
1425 KIT CARSON OFF I70 NEAR FLAGLER DAMAGE TO BARN -PUBLIC
1435 ELBERT HAIL TO 3/4 INCH 5 EAST ELBERT -PUBLIC
1440 s KIT CARSON 5 EAST STRATTON 1/2-3/4 HAIL -PUBLIC
1441 LINCOLN 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH HAIL "NEAR KARVAL" -PUBLIC
CROWLEYSpecial weather statement, Jun 5, 4:32 PM MDT, 1 minute before
COZ009-052300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SAN LUIS VALLEY WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO 430 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE VALLEY THIS EVENING... WITH CONDITIONS BEGINNING TO IMPROVE AFTER 800 PM. THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE MOVED OVER THE ALAMOSA AIRPORT THIS AFTERNOON HAVE HAD GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF LIGHT RAIN AND LIGHTNING. ONLY 0.01 INCH OF RAIN HAD BEEN MEASURED AT THE AIRPORT AS OF 400 PM. 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 REMAIN 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. REPORT 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, 2:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 43 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 |
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.