Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 1993, 8:52 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 1993, 8:52 PM MDT (02:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 1993, 9:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pueblo County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KPUB 190252 RRA SVRPUB COC101-190345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 852 PM MDT SUN JUL 18 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...PUEBLO COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF PUEBLO. AT 846 PM MDT...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 12 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. ALONG WITH HAIL ...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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 18, 8:26 PM MDT, 26 minutes before
C0Z010-015-016-017-190300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 825 PM MDT SUN JULY 18 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 823 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY ABOUT 22 TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS PUEBLO COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THESE STORMS PASS THROUGH THEIR AREA. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA...THE WEATHER CHANNEL OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. BT
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 8:26 PM MDT, 26 minutes before
C0Z010-015-016-017-190300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 825 PM MDT SUN JULY 18 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 823 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY ABOUT 22 TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS PUEBLO COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THESE STORMS PASS THROUGH THEIR AREA. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA...THE WEATHER CHANNEL OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. BT
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 8:40 PM MDT, 12 minutes before
COC017-041-190345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 840 PM MDT SUN JUL 18 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ON THE EASTERN PLAINS THIS EVENING... AT 835 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL...CONTINUED ACROSS THE CENTRAL EASTERN PLAINS THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LINE FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARAPAHOE...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHEYENNE WELLS...SOUTHWESTWARD TO THE CHEYENNE...KIOWA COUNTY LINE 10 MILES SOUTH OF KIT CARSON. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED OVER NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY...NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THE STORMS IN NORTHWEST EL PASO COUNTY WERE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT..BUT DRIFTING EAST...WHILE THE LINE OF STRONG STORMS IN CHEYENNE COUNTY WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN CHEYENNE COUNTY REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF PEA SIZE HAIL...WHILE A SPOTTER IN SOUTHWESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY SOUTH OF WILD HORSE REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL...WITH 3/4 INCH OF RAIN IN 15 MINUTES. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD AND WEAKEN OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...BUT THEY STILL MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITH SOME PONDING OF WATER IN LOW AREAS ALONG ROADWAYS ...AND BRIEF RISES IN NORMALLY DRY CREEK AND STREAM BEDS. PERSONS IN EASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THEIR LOCAL WEATHER...AND LISTEN FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. &
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 8:41 PM MDT, 11 minutes before
COC017-041-190345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 840 PM MDT SUN JUL 18 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ON THE EASTERN PLAINS THIS EVENING... AT 835 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL...CONTINUED ACROSS THE CENTRAL EASTERN PLAINS THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LINE FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARAPAHOE...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHEYENNE WELLS...SOUTHWESTWARD TO THE CHEYENNE...KIOWA COUNTY LINE 10 MILES SOUTH OF KIT CARSON. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED OVER NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY...NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THE STORMS IN NORTHWEST EL PASO COUNTY WERE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT..BUT DRIFTING EAST...WHILE THE LINE OF STRONG STORMS IN CHEYENNE COUNTY WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN CHEYENNE COUNTY REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF PEA SIZE HAIL...WHILE A SPOTTER IN SOUTHWESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY SOUTH OF WILD HORSE REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL...WITH 3/4 INCH OF RAIN IN 15 MINUTES. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD AND WEAKEN OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...BUT THEY STILL MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITH SOME PONDING OF WATER IN LOW AREAS ALONG ROADWAYS ...AND BRIEF RISES IN NORMALLY DRY CREEK AND STREAM BEDS. PERSONS IN EASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THEIR LOCAL WEATHER...AND LISTEN FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. &
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 8:42 PM MDT, 10 minutes before
C0Z010-015-016-017-190315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 840 PM MDT SUN JULY 18 1993 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 838 PM MDT...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS PUEBLO COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER AS THESE STORMS MOVE THOUGH THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA...THE WEATHER CHANNEL OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BT
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 8:42 PM MDT, 10 minutes before
C0Z010-015-016-017-190315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 840 PM MDT SUN JULY 18 1993 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 838 PM MDT...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS PUEBLO COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER AS THESE STORMS MOVE THOUGH THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA...THE WEATHER CHANNEL OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 7:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 44 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.