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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 11, 1992Huerfano County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1992, 4:45 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 1992, 4:45 PM MDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 1992, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Huerfano County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 84 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, Fort Carson/Butt, CO at 12:00Z on 1992-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Carson/Butt, CO at 12:00Z on 1992-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
1399 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 11, 2:18 PM MDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-112115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
217 PM MDT THU JUN 11 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE FOOTHILLS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ALONG THE FOOTHILLS IN SOUTHEAST
COLORADO AND AT 210 PM MDT THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
FREMONT COUNTY...INTO NORTHERN CUSTER COUNTY.  SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY
PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD
OVER THE PLAINS.  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.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 2:27 PM MDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
COZ009-112200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SAN LUIS VALLEY WEATHER UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO
230 PM MDT THU JUN 11 1992

 ...THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO BUILD IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WEST
OF ALAMOSA AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE VALLEY FLOOR THIS AFTERNOON AND
INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. AT 230 PM THIS AFTERNOON THERE WAS
HEAVY RAIN IN MONTE VISTA. THIS STORM IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE
SOUTHEAST AND WILL MOVE OVER THE CITY OF ALAMOSA WITHIN THE NEXT
HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...
HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING 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. ANYONE PLANNING OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. THE SAFEST
PLACE DURING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS INSIDE...AWAY FROM DOORS
AND WINDOWS.

CONTINUE TO STAY INFORMED OF THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA...AND REPORT ANY SEVERE
WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL OR STATE POLICE FOR RELA
Y TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

BUTLER
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:04 PM MDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-112215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
305 PM MDT THU JUN 11 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED AROUND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

AT 300 PM MDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF
SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND ACROSS LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.  THE STRONGEST STORMS
WERE IN EASTERN CUSTER COUNTY AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.  SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY
RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND HAIL.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON.  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.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:26 PM MDT, 19 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-112325-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
420 PM MDT THU JUN 11 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO
   UNTIL 9 PM MDT...

AT 415 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE CITY OF PUEBLO.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...ALONG WITH PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND WINDS
TO AROUND 30 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AROUND THE SOUTH SIDE OF PUEBLO
AND OUT ON ST. CHARLES MESA SOUTHEAST OF PUEBLO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
THIS EVENING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES HEAD TO SAFE SHELTER
WITHOUT DELAY.

....NOTE....THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO REMAINS WITHOUT
LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE SERVICE...LIMITING OUR COMMUNICATIONS.
THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN PUEBLO WILL DO ITS BEST TO KEEP YOU
INFORMED OF WHATEVER STORM INFORMATION WE ARE ABLE TO PASS ON TO YOU.

GRAY
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:31 PM MDT, 14 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-112325-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS
427 PM MDT THU JUN 11 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH PUEBLO COUNTY...

AT 424 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE HEAVY RAINS
IN WEST PUEBLO COUNTY MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE FOOTHILLS FROM WEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS
TO TRINIDAD MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...
AND HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS THIS EVENING.

BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR
AREA.
GALLEGOS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 4:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano64 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.