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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 9, 1988Huerfano County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1988, 4:35 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1988, 4:35 PM MDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1988, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Huerfano County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 5:08 PM MDTHail 0.75Pueblo, CO

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 252 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1988-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1988-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2948 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPUB 092235
SVRPUB
COC055-101-092330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
435 PM MDT THU JUN 9 1988

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
      NORTHERN HUERFANO...SOUTHERN PUEBLO

THE STORMS WERE LOCATED 29 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. HALF INCH HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN COLORADO CITY AT 423 PM.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS.  DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS
SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND 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.

 CASEY

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, Jun 9, 12:56 PM MDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1255 PM MDT THU JUN 9 1988

...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN IN KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 1250 PM MDT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF EADS IN KIOWA COUNTY...WHICH IS ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHEAST
OF LA JUNTA. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS NOTED.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO
THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE STORMS
IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO CAN PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PEOPLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROAC+HES.

LATER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED ON THE THUNDERSTORM SITUATION IN
SOUTHEAST COLORADO AS THE SITUATION DEMANDS.
GRAY
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:04 PM MDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
104 PM MDT THU JUNE 9 1988

...THUNDEDRSTORMS MOVING OFF THE MOUNTAINS IN NORTHWEST EL-PASO COUNTY...

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON OVER MOUNTAIN IN WEST
EL PASO COUNTY WITH MOST OF THE ACTIVITY IN  THE NORTHWEST CORNER
OF THE COUNTY FROM THE GARDEN OF THE GODS NORTH TO PALMER LAKE. SOME
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE HEAVY AND WERE GENERALLY MOVING SLOWLY
 TO THE NORTH.  AT 1245PM THE PUBLIC REPORTED PEA-SIZE HAIL IN
OAK VALLEY...ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS AIRPORT.

THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND
INTO THE EARLY EVENING...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS IN SOME LOCATIONS.
PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT RAINFALL WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENT TO
PRODUCE STREAM FLOODING BUT SOME AREAS SHOULD SEE CONSIDERABLE PONDING
OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS AND UNDERPASSES MAY BE AFFECTED.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISS2UED AS CONDITIONS REQUIRE.
NOVAK
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:31 PM MDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
230 PM MDT THU JUN 9 1988

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN IN FREMONT COUNTY...

AT 225 PM MDT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED
IN FREMONT COUNTY 15 MILES WEST OF CANON CITY...WHICH IS 33 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MILES
AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN HUERFANO AND CUSTER
COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO
THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE
STORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO CAN PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PEOPLE NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES.

LATER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED ON THE THUNDERSTORM SITUATION OVER
SOUTHEAST COLORADO AS THE SITUATION DEMANDS.

CASEY
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:09 PM MDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
405 PM MDT THU JUNE 9 1988

...THUNDEDRSTORMS MOVING ACROSS COLORADO SPRINGS...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW MOVING ACROSS THE CITY. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
1/8 TO 1/2 INCH HAIL HAVE BEEN RCEIVED. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING
TO THE NORTH AT 10 MPH. DUE TO THE STORMS SLOW MOVEMENT LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS.

PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT RAINFALL WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENT TO
PRODUCE STREAM FLOODING BUT SOME AREAS SHOULD SEE CONSIDERABLE PONDING
OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS AND UNDERPASSES MAY BE AFFECTED.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS REQUIRE.
NOVAK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 5:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero, Pueblo58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.