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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 14, 1993Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1993, 6:19 PM MDT for Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1993, 6:19 PM MDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1993, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Otero County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 223 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 00:00Z on 1993-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 394 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 00:00Z on 1993-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
394 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1965 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.5

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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, Jul 14, 2:20 PM MDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
COZ004>010-142100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO WEATHER UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO
220 PM MDT WED JUL 14 1993

...ANOTHER AFTERNOON OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
COLORADO...

MONSOON MOISTURE CONTINUES TO FLOW OVER THE AREA AND HAS ONCE
AGAIN COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON HEATING TO CREATE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL
WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING.

REMEMBER THAT ALL THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS...SMALL STREAMS AND
LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

PERSONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES. THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A THUNDERSTORM IS INSIDE A STURDY
SHELTER...AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS.

REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL OR STATE POLICE FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

BTK
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:27 PM MDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
COZ010-015-016-017-142130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
226 PM MDT WED JULY 14 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTION OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO
   TIL 900 PM MDT...

AT 220 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE SANGRE
DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF COLORADO. THE
STRONGEST STORMS AT THIS TIME WERE JUST EAST OF SALIDA IN WESTERN
FREMONT COUNTY WITH OTHER STORMS DEVELOPING IN HUERFANO COUNTY.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN
...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. AREAS WHICH HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN
THE LAST FEW DAYS WILL ALSO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA BE PREPARED TO MOVE
TO SAFE SHELTER. LISTEN TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

BT
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:27 PM MDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
COZ010-015-016-017-142130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
226 PM MDT WED JULY 14 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTION OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO
   TIL 900 PM MDT...

AT 220 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE SANGRE
DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF COLORADO. THE
STRONGEST STORMS AT THIS TIME WERE JUST EAST OF SALIDA IN WESTERN
FREMONT COUNTY WITH OTHER STORMS DEVELOPING IN HUERFANO COUNTY.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN
...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. AREAS WHICH HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN
THE LAST FEW DAYS WILL ALSO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA BE PREPARED TO MOVE
TO SAFE SHELTER. LISTEN TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

BT
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:25 PM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
COZ010-015-016-017-142215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
324 PM MDT WED JULY 14 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS...

AT 320 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER THE
SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF COLORADO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN
CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY SOUTH OF THE ROYAL GORGE...AND IN WESTERN
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY NORTHWEST OF TRINIDAD. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS IN THE TOWNS OF CANON CITY
IN FREMONT COUNTY AND AGUILAR IN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY SHOULD
BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER AS THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO MOVE THROUGH THEIR AREAS.

THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN
...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. AREAS WHICH HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN
THE LAST FEW DAYS WILL ALSO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING.
BT
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:25 PM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
COZ010-015-016-017-142215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
324 PM MDT WED JULY 14 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS...

AT 320 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER THE
SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF COLORADO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN
CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY SOUTH OF THE ROYAL GORGE...AND IN WESTERN
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY NORTHWEST OF TRINIDAD. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS IN THE TOWNS OF CANON CITY
IN FREMONT COUNTY AND AGUILAR IN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY SHOULD
BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER AS THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO MOVE THROUGH THEIR AREAS.

THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN
...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. AREAS WHICH HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN
THE LAST FEW DAYS WILL ALSO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING.
BT
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:59 PM MDT, 20 minutes before
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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.