Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1993, 8:00 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 1993, 8:00 PM MDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1993, 8:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kiowa County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2197 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 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 290202 RRA SVRPUB COC061-290245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 800 PM MDT FRI MAY 28 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY AT 755 PM A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 8 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF EADS COLORADO THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. A WEAKER STORM JUST WEST OF EADS HAD MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT 755 PM. 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 FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, May 28, 5:35 PM MDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
COZ010-015-016-290100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 535 PM MDT FRI MAY 28 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL IN CROWLEY COUNTY... AT 530 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL WERE IN CROWLEY COUNTY FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EASTERN PUEBLO...LAS ANIMAS AND NORTHERN BACA COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL. PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER. CASEY
Special weather statement, May 28, 5:38 PM MDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
COZ010-015-016-290100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 535 PM MDT FRI MAY 28 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL IN CROWLEY COUNTY... AT 530 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL WERE IN CROWLEY COUNTY FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EASTERN PUEBLO...LAS ANIMAS AND NORTHERN BACA COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL. PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER. CASEY
Special weather statement, May 28, 6:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
COZ010-015-016-017-290200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 630 PM MDT FRI MAY 28 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL IN WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY... AT 625 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL WERE IN WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE OVER EADS COLORADO...WHICH IS 43 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA JUNTA...AROUND AFTER 730 PM. THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL. PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER. CASEY
Special weather statement, May 28, 6:32 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
COZ010-015-016-017-290200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 630 PM MDT FRI MAY 28 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL IN WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY... AT 625 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL WERE IN WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE OVER EADS COLORADO...WHICH IS 43 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA JUNTA...AROUND AFTER 730 PM. THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL. PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER. CASEY
Special weather statement, May 28, 7:30 PM MDT, 30 minutes before
COZ010-015-016-017-290300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 730 PM MDT FRI MAY 28 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL IN WEST CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY... AT 725 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL WERE IN WEST CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE OVER EADS COLORADO...WHICH IS 43 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA JUNTA...BY 800 PM. VERY HEAVY RAINS AND VERY SMALL HAIL FELL IN HASWELL COLORADO WHEN THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH THAT AREA. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN CROWLEY...PROWERS AND BENT COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL. PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER. CASEY
Special weather statement, May 28, 7:31 PM MDT, 29 minutes before
COZ010-015-016-017-290300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 730 PM MDT FRI MAY 28 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL IN WEST CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY... AT 725 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL WERE IN WEST CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE OVER EADS COLORADO...WHICH IS 43 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA JUNTA...BY 800 PM. VERY HEAVY RAINS AND VERY SMALL HAIL FELL IN HASWELL COLORADO WHEN THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH THAT AREA. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN CROWLEY...PROWERS AND BENT COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL. PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER. CASEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 8:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 57 min |
| May 29, 3:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Pueblo | 47 min |
| May 29, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 43 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.