Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1988, 10:55 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 8, 1988, 10:55 PM MDT (04:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 1988, 11:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Prowers County, CO
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 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
- 460 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2316 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDEN 090455
SVRPUB
COC099-090530-
BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1055 PM MDT MON AUG 08 1988
ISSUED BY DENVER
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO:
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PROWERS
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING TOWNS/CITIES:
HOLLY
THE STORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES EAST OF AND 20 MILES SOUTH LAMAR
COLORADO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.
IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA..GO TO A STURDY
SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
REMEMBER..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS OF OVER 60 MPH..DEADLY LIGHTNING..AND
HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA.
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS..
STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN
INDOORS..STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING
TELEPHONES AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
IN DENVER..OR CALL YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 361-0663. DO NOT CALL THIS NUMBER FOR INFORMATION.
BALINT...WSFO DENVER
LAT..LON 3804 10254 3804 10210 3764 10208 3761 10272What 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 8, 5:08 PM MDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 510 PM MDT MOD AUG 8 1988 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH PUEBLO AREA... AT 500 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WIND WAS MOVING THROUGH THE PUEBLO AREA OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CITY AND COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 10 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE PUEBLO AREA...AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF PUEBLO COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THIS THUNDERSTORM. ALONG WITH THE HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL COULD ACCOMPANY THE STORM. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER CAN COVER THE ROAD...FLOODING LOW LYING AREAS. OTHERS IN THE PUEBLO AREA SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES TO BE SAFE FROM LIGHTNING. LATER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. GRAY
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 6:21 PM MDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 620 PM MDT MON AUG 8 1988 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVED INTO CROWLEY COUNTY... AT 615 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...WHICH PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN AS IT MOVED THROUGH THE PUEBLO AREA BETWEEN 5 PM AND 6 PM HAD MOVED INTO WESTERN CROWLEY COUNTY. THE STORM WAS 12 MILES NORTH OF FOWLER...IN CROWLEY COUNTY AND WAS MOVING EAST 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PASSED THROUGH PUEBLO BETWEEN 5 PM AND 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING DROPPED 0.38 INCH OF RAIN AT PUEBLO MEMORIAL AIRPORT IN ABOUT 45 MINUTES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN STILL BE EXPECTED WITH STORMS IN CROWLEY COUNTY...ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS. LOCAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN HEAVY RAIN AREAS. PEOPLE IN CROWLEY COUNTY NEAR THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LATER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. GRAY
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 7:58 PM MDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
800 PM MDT MON AUG 8 1988
...THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY...
AT 755 PM MDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED BY LIMON RADAR
IN CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF FIRST VIEW. THESE
STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AND 20 MPH.
THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE HAIL..BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WINDS..LIGHTNING
AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.
RESIDENTS OF FIRST VIEW AND CHEYENNE WELLS SHOULD BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS
THE COUNTY.
HAVILLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 9:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 27 min |
Nearby
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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.