Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1988, 2:11 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 1988, 2:11 PM MDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1988, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pueblo 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
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 318 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -236 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 985 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 13, 10:28 AM MDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 100 PM MDT MON JUN 13 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 7PM MDT THIS MONDAY EVENING... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 7PM MDT THIS MONDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO. IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF...ELBERT...EL PASO...LINCOLN ...WESTERN CHEYENNE AND WESTERN KIT CARSON. SOME TOWNS AND CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE COLORADO SPRINGS...KIOWA...LIMON...CHEYENNE WELLS AND FLAGLER. AT 1 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF PUEBLO...IN THE NORTH PART OF TELLER COUNTY NEAR WOODLAND PARK THEN NORTH TO THE WEST OF DENVER. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER YET THIS AFTERNOON BUT WITH MAXIMUM HEATING YET TO OCCUR THE POSSIBLITY OF HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WIND...OMTEMSE LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING HAIL IS CERTAINLY A THREAT. REMEMBER WHEN LIGHTNING IS NEARBY...GET INSIDE A BUILDING OR A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. AVOID WASHING DISHES AND TAKING SHOWERS...DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND DO NOT TALK ON THE PHONE UNLESS NECESSARY. MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:06 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ....CORRECTION.... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 100 PM MDT MON JUN 13 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 7PM MDT THIS MONDAY EVENING... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 7PM MDT THIS MONDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO. IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF...ELBERT...EL PASO...LINCOLN ...WESTERN CHEYENNE AND WESTERN KIT CARSON. SOME TOWNS AND CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE COLORADO SPRINGS...KIOWA...LIMON...CHEYENNE WELLS AND FLAGLER. AT 1 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF PUEBLO...IN THE NORTH PART OF TELLER COUNTY NEAR WOODLAND PARK THEN NORTH TO THE WEST OF DENVER. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER YET THIS AFTERNOON BUT WITH MAXIMUM HEATING YET TO OCCUR THE POSSIBLITY OF HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WIND...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING HAIL IS CERTAINLY A THREAT. REMEMBER WHEN LIGHTNING IS NEARBY...GET INSIDE A BUILDING OR A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. AVOID WASHING DISHES AND TAKING SHOWERS...DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND DO NOT TALK ON THE PHONE UNLESS NECESSARY. MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:42 PM MDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 141 PM MDT MON JUN 13 1988 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL PUEBLO AND LAS ANIMAS COUNTY LINE... AT 135 PM MDT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WAS LOCATED 32 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO ALONG THE PUEBLO LAS ANIMAS COUNTY LINE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN PUEBLO COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN OTERO AND CROWLEY COUNTIES BY 230 PM. ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AS WELL AS FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EASTERN COLORADO THIS EVENING UNTIL 700 PM. IF ANY THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATLY. FURTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED. CASEY
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:07 PM MDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 210 PM MDT MON JUN 13 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 7PM MDT THIS MONDAY EVENING... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 7PM MDT THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR MUCH OF EAST COLORADO. THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF ELBERT...EL PASO...LINCOLN...WEST CHEYENNE AND WEST KIT CARSON. SOME TOWNS AND CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE COLORADO SPRINGS...KIOWA... LIMON...CHEYENNE WELLS AND FLAGLER. AT 2 PM THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST OF DENVER...SOUTH OF PUEBLE AND IN CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY NEAR ELLICOTT. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT ABOUT 25 MPH. THE ONLY REPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON IS 2 INCH HAIL NEAR THE TOWN OF PARKER IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO HAVE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND... INTENSE LIGHTNING AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE COLORADO SPRINGS METRO AREA BY ABOUT 245 PM AND CONTINUE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. THE STREETS DURING RUSH HOUR ARE LIKELY TO BE SLIPPERY ESPECIALLY WHERE DEBRIS HAS WASHED ONTO THE ROADWAY. HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO C;AUSE SOME STREET FLOODING. MOORE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 4:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 5:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.