Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1993, 3:12 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1993, 3:12 PM MDT (21:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1993, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kiowa County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 331 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1031 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 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 032114 RRA SVRPUB COC061-032145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 312 PM MDT THU JUN 3 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY AT 308 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES NORTH OF BRANDON IN NORTHEAST KIOWA COUNTY...ABOUT 28 MILES NORTHEAST OF EADS. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST 15 MPH. 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FL<OOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. GRAY
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 3, 10:54 AM MDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
COC017-041-039-063-073-031800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...ELIMINATED 3RD PARA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 1054 AM MDT THU JUN 3 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH EFFECTIVE FROM 11 AM UNTIL 400 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...EL PASO...ELBERT...LINCOLN...KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES. AT 1050 AM MDT THIS MORNING...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS FROM PIKES PEAK NORTHWARD ALONG THE RAMPART RANGE ABOVE THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY INTO DOUGLAS COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS ARE MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND THE COMMUNITIES OF ELIZABETH...KIOWA...LIMON...BURLINGTON...FLAGLER... STRATTON...CHEYENNE WELLS AND KIT CARSON. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDTIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN OR CLOSE TO WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO FAST ACTION SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH...AND LISTEN FOR LATER INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MAXWELL
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 11:00 AM MDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
COC017-041-039-063-073-031800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...ELIMINATED 3RD PARA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 1054 AM MDT THU JUN 3 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH EFFECTIVE FROM 11 AM UNTIL 400 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...EL PASO...ELBERT...LINCOLN...KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES. AT 1050 AM MDT THIS MORNING...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS FROM PIKES PEAK NORTHWARD ALONG THE RAMPART RANGE ABOVE THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY INTO DOUGLAS COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS ARE MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND THE COMMUNITIES OF ELIZABETH...KIOWA...LIMON...BURLINGTON...FLAGLER... STRATTON...CHEYENNE WELLS AND KIT CARSON. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDTIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN OR CLOSE TO WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE dPREPARED TO FAST ACTION SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH...AND LISTEN FOR LATER INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MAXWELL
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:02 PM MDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
COC017-041-039-063-073-032000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 102 PM MDT THU JUN 3 1993 ... A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON... AT 1255 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDER- STORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL...FROM THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF KIT CARSON COUNTY...OR 20 MILES NORTH OF VONA...SOUTHWEST TO NEAR GENOA...PUNKIN CENTER...TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF RUSH. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EASTSOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...WESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS ALREADY PRODUCED SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS IN ELBERT AND LINCOLN COUNTY SO PERSONS IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN INFORMATION F2ROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MAXWELL
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:02 PM MDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
COC017-041-039-063-073-032000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 102 PM MDT THU JUN 3 1993 ... A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON... AT 1255 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDER- STORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL...FROM THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF KIT CARSON COUNTY...OR 20 MILES NORTH OF VONA...SOUTHWEST TO NEAR GENOA...PUNKIN CENTER...TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF RUSH. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EASTSOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...WESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS ALREADY PRODUCED SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS IN ELBERT AND LINCOLN COUNTY SO PERSONS IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MAXWELL
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:57 PM MDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
COC017-041-039-063-073-032100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 157 PM MDT THU JUN 3 1993 ... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 4PM... AT 145 PM MDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING NORTHEAST-SOUTHWEST FROM NORTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY ACROSS STRATTON TO NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF ARROYA...AT THE INTERSECTION OF COLORADO HIGHWAY 94 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 287...TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LINCOLN COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR STRATTON... AND 10 MILES NORTH OF WILDHORSE IN CHEYENNE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE SHERIFF`S OFFICE IN CHEYENNE COUNTY REPORTED LARGE MARBLE SIZE HAIL 6 MILES NORTH OF WILDHORSE. THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PERSONS TRAVELLING THROUGH NORTHERN CHEYENNE COUNTY SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME BRIEF FLASH FLOODING IN LOW SPOTS ON THE ROADWAYS AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS. THIS AREA RECEIVED HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL YESTERDAY AND WILL LIKELY BE PRONE TO FLOODING AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON WITH THIS SLOW MOVIBNG STORM. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MAXWELL &
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:57 PM MDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
COC017-041-039-063-073-032100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 157 PM MDT THU JUN 3 1993 ... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 4PM... AT 145 PM MDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING NORTHEAST-SOUTHWEST FROM NORTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY ACROSS STRATTON TO NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF ARROYA...AT THE INTERSECTION OF COLORADO HIGHWAY 94 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 287...TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LINCOLN COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR STRATTON... AND 10 MILES NORTH OF WILDHORSE IN CHEYENNE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE SHERIFF`S OFFICE IN CHEYENNE COUNTY REPORTED LARGE MARBLE SIZE HAIL 6 MILES NORTH OF WILDHORSE. THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PERSONS TRAVELLING THROUGH NORTHERN CHEYENNE COUNTY SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME BRIEF FLASH FLOODING IN LOW SPOTS ON THE ROADWAYS AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS. THIS AREA RECEIVED HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL YESTERDAY AND WILL LIKELY BE PRONE TO FLOODING AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON WITH THIS SLOW MOVING STORM. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MAXWELL &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 51 min |
| Jun 2, 7:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 8:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 33 min |
| Jun 3, 4:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 27 min |
| Jun 3, 4:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 26 min |
| Jun 3, 4:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 22 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.