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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 19, 1992Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 1992, 5:14 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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 19, 1992, 5:14 PM MDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1992, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Pueblo County, CO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 5:30 PM MDTHail 1.75Pueblo, 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, 11.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1992-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1992-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
1834 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPUB 192314
TORPUB
COC101-192345-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
514 PM MDT FRI JUN 19 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
      EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...AVONDALE
AND BOONE.

AT 510 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF PUEBLO...JUST SOUTH OF AVONDALE. MOVEMENT OF THE STORM WAS
SOUTHEAST 20 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GRO!?@DENWVMPUB4RL TTAA00 WARN VERIFY
DENTORPUB #019 SENT CONWW      AT 2314Z

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 3:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo61 min
Jun 19, 4:30 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBCrowley, Otero30 min
Jun 19, 4:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero46 min
Jun 19, 5:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo43 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.