Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1989, 3:21 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 1989, 3:21 PM MDT (21:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1989, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 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, 9.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 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 102125 COR
SVRPUB
COC101-102215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTION
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
321 PM MDT WED MAY 10 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST PUEBLO
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...COLORADO
CITY AND CEDARWOOD.
AT 317 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WALSENBURG...MOVING INTO SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY. THE
STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 25 MPH.
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.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS 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 ROADWAYS QUICKLY...
AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
G RAYWhat 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, May 10, 1:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 137PM MDT TUE MAY 9 1989 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST TELLER COUNTY... AT 130PM RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST TELLER COUNTY...NEAR CRIPPLE CREEK. THESE SHOWERS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD BE IN THE VICINITY OF WOODLAND PARK BY 3PM. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...HAIL... LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WIND. NOVAK
Special weather statement, May 10, 1:54 PM MDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 145 PM MDT MON MAY 8 1989 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH POSSIBLE HAIL MOVING INTO CUSTER COUNTY... AT 140 PM A THUNDERSTORM WITH POSSIBLE HAIL WAS MOVING INTO CUSTER COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WESTCLIFFE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD BE MOVING INTO THE VICINITY OF WESTCLIFFE BY 115 PM. PERSONS IN THIS AREA...INCLUDING RESIDENTS OF WESTCLIFFE...SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN FREMONT...CUSTER AND HUERFANO COUNTIES MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WEATHER UPDATES. TESAR
Special weather statement, May 10, 2:15 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 145 PM MDT WED MAY 10 1989 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH POSSIBLE HAIL MOVING INTO CUSTER COUNTY... AT 140 PM A THUNDERSTORM WITH POSSIBLE HAIL WAS MOVING INTO CUSTER COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WESTCLIFFE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD BE MOVING INTO THE VICINITY OF WESTCLIFFE BY 215 PM. PERSONS IN THIS AREA...INCLUDING RESIDENTS OF WESTCLIFFE...SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN FREMONT...CUSTER AND HUERFANO COUNTIES MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WEATHER UPDATES. TESAR
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:12 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 210 PM MDT WED MAY 10 1989 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH POSSIBLE HAIL ALONG THE HUERFANO...PUEBLO COUNTY LINES... AT 205 PM MDT A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WAS 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO...OR NEAR THE HUERFANO...PUEBLO COUNTY LINE. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN THIS AREA...INCLUDING RESIDENTS OF THE COLORADO CITY... CEDARWOOD AREA...SHOULD BE ALERTED TO THE CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM WHICH COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UNTIL AROUND 3 PM. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS WHICH WILL BE ISSUED AT THE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENTS rWARRANT. GRAY
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:13 PM MDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 315PM MDT TUE MAY 9 1989 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST EL-PASO COUNTY... AT 3PM RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST EL-PASO COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD BE IN THE VICINITY OF SECURITY...WIDEFIELD AND COLORADO SPRINGS BY 4PM. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN HEAsVY RAIN...HAIL... LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WIND. NOVAK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 4:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 57 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989
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.