Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 1993, 4:11 PM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 12, 1993, 4:11 PM MDT (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 1993, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bent County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -247 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1551 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPUB 122214 RRA SVRPUB COC011-122300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 411 PM MDT THU AUG 12 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...NORTHERN BENT COUNTY AT 409 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAS ANIMAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, Aug 12, 2:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-122200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 251 PM MDT THU AUG 12 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG NEW MEXICO/COLORADO BORDER... AT 245 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE NEW MEXICO/ COLORADO BORDER SOUTHEAST OF TRINIDAD IN LAS-ANIMAS COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND AND POSSIBLY HAIL. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHERN LAS-ANIMAS COUNTY SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO FIND SHELTER IF NECESSARY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. BT
Special weather statement, Aug 12, 2:52 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-122200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 251 PM MDT THU AUG 12 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG NEW MEXICO/COLORADO BORDER... AT 245 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE NEW MEXICO/ COLORADO BORDER SOUTHEAST OF TRINIDAD IN LAS-ANIMAS COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND AND POSSIBLY HAIL. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHERN LAS-ANIMAS COUNTY SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO FIND SlHELTER IF NECESSARY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. BT
Special weather statement, Aug 12, 3:07 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-122200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 307 PM MDT THU AUG 12 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS IN PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 300 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED IN EXTREME WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY ABOUT 21 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO NEAR HIGHWAY-96. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND SHOULD PASS OVER HIGHWAY 50 WEST OF PUEBLO BY 345 PM. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO...AS WELL AS DEADLY LIGHTNING AND STRONG WIND. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. MOTORISTS SHOULD PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IF HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL IS ENCOUNTERED. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. BT
Special weather statement, Aug 12, 3:07 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-122200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 307 PM MDT THU AUG 12 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS IN PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 300 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED IN EXTREME WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY ABOUT 21 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO NEAR HIGHWAY-96. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND SHOULD PASS OVER HIGHWAY 50 WEST OF PUEBLO BY 345 PM. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO...AS WELL AS DEADLY LIGHTNING AND STRONG WIND. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. MOTORISTS SHOULD PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IF HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL IS ENCOUNTERED. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. BT
Special weather statement, Aug 12, 3:58 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-122245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 358 PM MDT THU AUG 12 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 357 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 34 MILES NORTHEAST OF TRINIDAD IN LAS-ANIMAS COUNTY...18 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF LA JUNTA IN BENT COUNTY...AND 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF PUEBLO IN PUEBLO COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO...AS WELL AS DEADLY LIGHTNING AND STRONG WIND. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. MOTORISTS SHOULD PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IF HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL IS ENCOUNTERED. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. BT
Special weather statement, Aug 12, 3:59 PM MDT, 12 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-122245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 358 PM MDT THU AUG 12 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 357 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 34 MILES NORTHEAST OF TRINIDAD IN LAS-ANIMAS COUNTY...18 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF LA JUNTA IN BENT COUNTY...AND 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF PUEBLO IN PUEBLO COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO...AS WELL AS DEADLY LIGHTNING AND STRONG WIND. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. MOTORISTS SHOULD PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IF HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL IS ENCOUNTERED. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. BT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 31 min |
| Aug 12, 4:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 31 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.