Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1993, 11:54 PM MDT for Bent County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 1993, 11:54 PM MDT (05:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1993, 12:45 AM MDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Bent County, CO, Otero County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 2984 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS1 KPUB 260555 RRA
SVRPUB
COC011-089-260645-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
ISSUED BY NWS DENVER COLORADO
1154 PM MDT FRI JUN 25 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO
SOUTHWESTERN BENT AND OTERO
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
TIMPAS AND TOONERVILLE
AT 1154 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOONERVILLE ...OR
ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA JUNTA.
ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CELL WAS LOCATED ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF LA JUNTA.
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST ABOUT 10 MPH.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN DENVER.
LAT...LON 3764 10316 3769 10375 3796 10384 3796 10298What 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 25, 8:27 PM MDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
COZ016-260300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 825 PM MDT FRI JUN 25 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL... AT 820 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF TRINIDAD COLORADO IN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO TO 35 MILES WEST. THIS STORM WAS SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT MOMUMENT LAKE 36 MILES WEST OF TRINIDAD. IN THE CITY OF TRINIDAD VERY SMALL HAIL FELL FOR A VERY SHORT TIME. THE STORM WAS SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER. CASEY
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 10:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
COZ016-260500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1005 PM MDT FRI JUN 25 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL IN SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY... AT 1000 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL WERE IN SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY 20 MILES SOUTH OF LA JUNTA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN BENT COUNTY BY 930 PM. THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS WELL AS THE HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL. REMAIN ALERT AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER. CASEY
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 10:08 PM MDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
COZ016-260500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1005 PM MDT FRI JUN 25 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL IN SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY... AT 1000 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL WERE IN SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY 20 MILES SOUTH OF LA JUNTA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN BENT COUNTY BY 930 PM. THUNDERSTORMS COULDj PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS WELL AS THE HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL. REMAIN ALERT AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER. CASEY
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 10:45 PM MDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
COZ016-260600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1045 PM MDT FRI JUN 25 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL IN SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY... AT 1040 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL WERE IN SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY THE STRONGEST WAS 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA JUNTA. THE STORMS WERE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT. THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS WELL AS THE HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL. REMAIN ALERT AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER. CASEY
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 10:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
COZ016-260600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1045 PM MDT FRI JUN 25 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL IN SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY... AT 1040 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL WERE IN SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY THE STRONGEST WAS 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA JUNTA. THE STORMS WERE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT. THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNI NG AS WELL AS THE HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL. REMAIN ALERT AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER. CASEY
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 11:30 PM MDT, 24 minutes before
COZ016-260630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO ISSUED BY NWS DENVER COLORADO 1130 PM MDT FRI JUN 25 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN OTERO COUNTY... AT 1130 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN OTERO COUNTY. ONE CENTER WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA JUNTA. ANOTHER CELL WAS LOCATED 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA JUNTA AND A THIRD THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA JUNTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AND COULD MOVE INTO WESTERN BENT COUNTY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 1 AM MDT THREATENING THE TOWN OF TOONERVILLE. MOVE INDOORS IF THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. THEY ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING BOLTS AND PERHAPS SOME STRONG GUSTY WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING OF STREETS IF HEAVY RAIN IS ENCOUNTERED ON ROADS IN OTERO AND WESTERN BENT COUNTIES SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 50. GCF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 66 min |
| Jun 26, 12:45 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 1:30 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 2:23 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm 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.