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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 29, 1989Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1989, 5:33 PM MDT for Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1989, 5:33 PM MDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1989, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bent County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

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

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 29, 1:17 PM MDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
115 PM MDT THU JUN 29 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLING IN THE PIKES PEAK REGION...

AT 110 PM THIS THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES
SOUTH AND ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO AND
WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST OR NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.  SOME RAIN
IS FALLING FROM THESE STORMS BUT THE REAL THREAT IS THE LIGHTNING AND
GUSTY WIND.

REMEMBER THAT WHEN LIGHTNING IS NEARBY...GET INSIDE.  DO NOT STAY ON
BICYCLES...MOTORCYCLES OR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT.  GET OFF PLAYGROUNDS
ATHLETIC FIELDS AND GOLF COURSES.  LIGHTNING IS A KILLER.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THE REST OF THIS AFTTERNOON INTO
THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.  LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS
WITH LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION.
MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 2:09 PM MDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
205 PM MDT THU JUN 29 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE HAIL IN SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY...

AT 155 PM THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR
INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE HAIL LOCATED 1 MILE NORTH OF
RUSH COLORADO...ABOUT 40 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  A SECOND STORM IS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF
MATHESON COLORADO...ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIOWA COLORADO AND IS
NEARLY STATIONARY.

REMEMBER THAT WHEN LIGHTNING IS NEARBY...GET INSIDE.  DO NOT STAY ON
BICYCLES...MOTORCYCLES OR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT.  GET OFF PLAYGROUNDS
ATHLETIC FIELDS AND GOLF COURSES.  LIGHTNING IS A KILLER.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST COLORADO
...INCLUDING COLORADO SPRINGS AND LIMON...UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING.
MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:34 PM MDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
400 PM MDT THU JUN 29 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE HAIL IN NORTHERN LINCOLN AND WESTERN
   KIT CARSON COUNTIES...

AT 4PM MDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND
POSSIBLE HAIL IN NORTHERN LINCOLN AND WESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTIES
COLORADO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE
SCATTERED ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND WERE ALSO MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS EASTERN
COLORADO BEFORE ENDING AFTER DARK.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST COLORADO INCLUDING COLORADO SPRINGS AND LIMON UNTIL 9PM
THIS EVENING. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS
ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN `FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

GURNEY
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:38 PM MDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
435 PM MDT THU JUN 29 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL...
HAVE DEVELOPED IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN EXTREME NORTHERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND SHOULD BE ALONG THE SOUTHERN
EDGE OF THE OTERO/BENT COUNTYLINE BY 5 PM. ALSO...THUNDERSTORMSf
WERE IN EASTERN PUEBLO AND NORTHERN CROWLEY COUNTIES MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.

TESAR

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Sources

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