Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1992, 4:11 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 49 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 6, 1992, 4:11 PM MDT (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1992, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pueblo County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 4:20 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Pueblo, 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 824 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 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 062211
SVRPUB
COC101-062315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
411 PM MDT SAT JUN 6 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
PUEBLO
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...PUEBLO
AND SURROUNDING TOWNS AND MOTORISTS ALONG I-25 SOUTH OF PUEBLO.
AT 405 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PUEBLO IN PUEBLO COUNTY. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
IN COLORADO CITY AT 400 PM WITH THIS STORM.
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.
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, Jun 6, 2:57 PM MDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-062200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 250 PM MDT SAT JUN 6 1992 ...SNOWPLOW CALLED IN TO REMOVE HAIL FROM ROAD IN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY... AT 245 PM MDT A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST LAS ANIMAS COUNTY MOVING SLOWLY EAST NORTHEAST. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS ACCUMULATING OVER INTERSTATE-25 A FEW MILES SOUTH OF AGUILAR TO THE LUDLOW MONUMENT AND SNOWPLOWS HAVE BEEN CALLED IN TO CLEAR ROADS. HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO INDICATED. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. MOTORISTS ALONG INTERSTATE-25 MAY WANT TO AVOID THE AREA BETWEEN WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE MOVED AWAY. BT
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:03 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
COZ04-014-062230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 300 PM MDT SAT JUN 6 1992 AT 300PM MDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN EDGE OF TELLER COUNTY...ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND ALSO IN DOUGLAS COUNTY...ABOUT 25 TO 30 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THESE STORMS WERE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAINS... POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.0 THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN TELLER AND NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. JKH
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:18 PM MDT, 53 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-06221500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 315 PM MDT SAT JUN 6 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVEOP IN CUSTER COUNTY... AT 305 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER CUSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WAS 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WETMORE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN OVER WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY ALSO MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES. BT
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:19 PM MDT, 52 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-06221500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 315 PM MDT SAT JUN 6 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP IN CUSTER COUNTY... AT 305 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER CUSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WAS 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WETMORE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN OVER WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY ALSO MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES. BT
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:21 PM MDT, 50 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-062215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED SPELLING AND VALID TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 315 PM MDT SAT JUN 6 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP IN CUSTER COUNTY... AT 305 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER CUSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WAS 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WETMORE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN OVER WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY ALSO MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES. BT
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:48 PM MDT, 23 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-062230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 347 PM MDT SAT JUN 6 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 345 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WAS OVER THE TOWN OF BEULAH ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN BEULAH AT 340 PM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH...AND ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE PUEBLO AREA BY 415 PM MDT. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN OVER LAS ANIMAS...CUSTER... FREMONT AND HUERFANO COUNTIES...ALSO MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. BT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 4:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 22 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.