Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 5:08 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Pueblo, 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.
- 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
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.
CASEYWhat 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 5:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero, Pueblo | 58 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.