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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 26, 1989Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1989, 7:47 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1989, 7:47 PM MDT (01:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1989, 8:45 PM MDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Baca 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 240 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1989-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1720 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1989-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1720 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
8.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPUB 270147
SVRPUB
COC009-270245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
747 PM MDT MON JUN 26 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
      NORTH AND CENTRAL BACA

 THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...
 DEORA...TWO BUTTES...PRITCHETT...SPRINGFIELD...AND WALSH

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EXTREME NORTHERN BACA COUNTY
NEAR TWO BUTTES AND DEORA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

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.

THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY WITHOUT DELAY IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

TESAR

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 26, 3:05 PM MDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
305 PM MDT MON JUN 26 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL OVER CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY
   IN COLORADO...

AT 255 PM THIS MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL
WERE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF ELBERT COUNTY COLORADO...ABOUT 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF KIOWA.  THESE STROMS ARE MOVING TOWARD
THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH.  MARBLE SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THESE
STORMS AT ABOUT 215 PM NEAR KIOWA.  STORM MOVEMENT WILL TAKE THEM OVER
RAMAH IN EL PASO COUNTY AND SIMLA IN ELBERT COUNTY BY ABOUT 315 PM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE EAST CENTRAL PART
OF COLORADO UNTIL 800 PM THIS EVENING.  PERSONS IN NORTH EL PASO...ELBERT
...LINCOLN SOUTHWEST KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES SHOULD BE WATCHFUL
FOR SEVERE WEATHER THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:32 PM MDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
325 PM MDT MON JUN 26 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL OVER CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY
   AND EL PASO COUNTY IN COLORADO...

AT 325 PM THIS MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL
WERE LOCATED OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF ELBERT COUNTY COLORADO AND
THE NORTHWEST HALF OF EL PASO COUNTY.  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD
THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH.  MARBLE SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THESE
STORMS AT ABOUT 215 PM NEAR KIOWA.  PEA SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT
THE COLORADO SPRINGS AIRPORT AND REPORTED 6 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF
THE AIRPORT.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE EAST CENTRAL PART
OF COLORADO UNTIL 800 PM THIS EVENING.  PERSONS IN NORTH EL PASO...ELBERT
...LINCOLN SOUTHWEST KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES SHOULD BE WATCHFUL
FOR SEVERE WEATHER THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
HUBER
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:44 PM MDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
342 PM MDT MON JUN 26 1989

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR
KIOWA...NORTHEAST PUEBLO...AND NORTH CROWLEY COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST
COLORADO.

AT 340 PM MDT THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVLOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER
STORMS EXISTS. 1FURTHER STATMENTS WILL BE ISSUED IF AND WHEN THEY
DEVELOP THIS EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST
AND UP TO DATE WEATHER INFORMATION.
GALLEGOS/TESAR
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:57 PM MDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
500 PM MDT MON JUN 26 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL IN SOUTHERN
       LINCOLN COUNTY IN COLORADO...

AT 455 PM HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
KARVAL IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY COLORADO.  THESE STORMS ARE
MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON..AS THIS STORM MOVED ACROSS COLORADO SPRINGS
IT PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.  HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SOME ROADWAYS.

PERSONS OUT DOORS IN THIS AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT WTO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE
OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY.
HAVILL
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:00 PM MDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
500 PM MDT MON JUN 26 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR KIOWA
   ...NORTHERN CROWLEY AND NORTHEAST PUEBLO COUNTIES...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR BACA
   AND SOUTHEAST PROWERS COUNTIES...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS EVENING.

AT 455 PM MDT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL HAD
DEVELOPED IN EAST CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY 1 MILE SOUTH OF BRANDON AND
CHIVINGTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST 20 MPH.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE NEAR THE STORM IN KIOWA COUNTY
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MOVE TO
A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM REMAINS POISED IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY AND
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY BEFORE 530 PM MDT.
PEOPLE NEAR THIS STORM SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT.

LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED...SO STAY TUNED
TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.
GRAY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 6:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa33 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.