Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 1993, 6:26 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 1993, 6:26 PM MDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1993, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Prowers County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPUB 080030 RRA SVRPUB COC099-080130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 626 PM MDT TUE SEP 7 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...WESTERN PROWERS COUNTY THE TOWNS AND CITIES EFFECTED ARE WILEY...KORNMAN...LAMAR...CARLTON...BRISTOL AND GRANADA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST PROWERS COUNTY FROM SOUTHCENTRAL KIOWA. THIS STORM DROPPED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL SEVEN MILES WEST OF EADS AT 600 PM. THE STORM IS MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. 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, Sep 7, 3:58 PM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-072330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 355 PM MDT TUE SEP 7 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR THE SOUTHERN PART OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO EAST OF TRINIDAD... AT 350 PM MDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO IN FREMONT AND WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND DO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS. BE ON THE ALERT AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK A SAFE SHELTER. CASEY
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 4:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
COZ014-072330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 440 PM MDT TUE SEP 7 1993 AT 430 PM MDT...LIMON RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY FROM MONUMENT EAST TO BLACK FOREST TO PEYTON AND NEAR RUSH AND UODER. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 50 MPH ...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ALTHOUGH NO HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS...THEY MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO 1/2 IN DIAMETER. FURTHER UPDATES WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. MAXWELL
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 4:42 PM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
COZ014-072330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 440 PM MDT TUE SEP 7 1993 AT 430 PM MDT...LIMON RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY FROM MONUMENT EAST TO BLACK FOREST TO PEYTON AND NEAR RUSH AND UODER. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 50 MPH ...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ALTHOUGH NO HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS...THEY MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO 1/2 IN DIAMETER. FURTHER UPDATES WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. MAXWELL
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 4:42 PM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
COZ014-072215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 315PM MDT TUE SEP 7 1993 AT 430 PM MDT...LIMON RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY FROM MONUMENT EAST TO BLACK FOREST TO PEYTON AND NEAR RUSH AND UODER. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 50 MPH ...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ALTHOUGH NO HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS...THEY MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO 1/2 IN DIAMETER. FURTHER UPDATES WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. MAXWELL
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 4:49 PM MDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-080030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 450 PM MDT TUE SEP 7 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR THE SOUTHERN PART OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO EAST OF TRINIDAD... AT 445 PM MDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO IN CUSTER AND SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO HUERFANO COUNTY AFTER 515 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO INTO CROWLEY AND KIOWA COUNTIES FROM THE NORTHWEST AFTER 500 PM. BE ALERT TO THE FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. THEY CAN AND DO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS ...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. CASEY
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 4:50 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-080030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 450 PM MDT TUE SEP 7 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR THE SOUTHERN PART OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO EAST OF TRINIDAD... AT 445 PM MDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO IN CUSTER AND SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO HUERFANO COUNTY AFTER 515 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO INTO CROWLEY AND KIOWA COUNTIES FROM THE NORTHWEST AFTER 500 PM. BE ALERT TO THE FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. THEY CAN AND DO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS ...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. CASEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 6:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 47 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.