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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 14, 1989Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1989, 3:14 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1989, 3:14 PM MDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1989, 3:50 PM MDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Kiowa 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1989-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 200 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1989-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -81 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
200 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1764 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPUB 142121 COR
SVRPUB
COC061-142215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTION
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
314 PM MDT FRI JUL 14 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
      WESTERN KIOWA

 THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...HASWELL
 AND ARLINGTON.

AT 308 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL WAS 12 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF SUGAR CITY IN EASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY...MOVING EAST 10
MPH. THE STORM EXTENDED EAST INTO KIOWA COUNTY 5 MILES
NORTH OF ARLINGTON. HEAVY RAINS AHEAD OF THE STORM WERE ALREADY
NOTED NEAR ARLINGTON.

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.

GRAY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 11:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa42 min
Jul 14, 4:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero15 min
Jul 14, 4:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers33 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.