Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1989, 4:00 PM MDT for Bent County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 15 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1989, 4:00 PM MDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1989, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bent County, CO, Otero County, CO
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 4:00 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Bent, CO |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPUB 142200
SVRPUB
COC011-089-142230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
400 PM MDT FRI JUL 14 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
WESTERN BENT...NORTHEAST OTERO
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...LA JUNTA
AND LAS ANIMAS.
AT 355 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS LA JUNTA.
AT 330 PM MDT WIND GUSTS TO 77 MPH WERE REPORTED AT THE AIRPORT
IN LA JUNTA. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST 25 TO 30 MPH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. ONCE
INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
GRAYWhat 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, Jul 14, 12:33 PM MDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1235 PM MDT FRI JUL 14 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... THUNDERSTORMS WERE AGAIN DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS TO THE WEST OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS IN COLORADO. AT 1230 PM MDT THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN NORTHEASTERN FREMONT...NORTHERN HUERFANO AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ONTO THE PLAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY STORMS. LOCAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS IS POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD PROCEED CAUTIOUSLY AND CHILD9REN SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO PLAY IN FLOODED STREETS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER AND LISTEN TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO. TESAR
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 12:44 PM MDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 1240 PM MDT FRI JUL 14 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO NORTHWEST EL PASO COUNTY... AT 1240 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST EL PASO COUNTY COLORADO. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ALONG WITH ROADS AND INTERSECTIONSK. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS AREAS OF FAST MOVING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. HUBER
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 1:18 PM MDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 115 PM MDT FRI JUL 14 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER COLORADO SPRINGS... AT 115 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED OVER AND TO THE NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO. THESE STORMS AND MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ALONG WITH ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS. DO NOgT ATTEMPT TO CROSS AREAS OF FAST MOVING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. HUBER
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:33 PM MDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 230 PM MDT FRI JUL 14 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL 8 PM MDT... AT 225 PM MDT A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL WAS IN NORTHERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...10 MILES EAST OF WALSENBURG. ANOTHER STORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL WAS IN SOUTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY AND WAS POISED TO ENTER NORTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY AFTER 230 PM MDT. THIS STORM PRODUCED WIND GUSTS AT PUEBLO MEMORIAL AIRPORT TO 43 MPH AT 215 PM MDT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY FROM NORTH OF HASWELL TO WEST OF EADS AND IN EASTERN FREMONT AND WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY NEAR TO NORTHEAST OF CANON CITY. ALL THE STORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST 25 MPH. HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. LOCAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...ROADS AND SMALL STREAMS IS POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IF THEY ENCOUNTER FLOODED AREAS AND CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO PLAY IN FLOODED STREETS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER QUICKLY AND STAY TU;NED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES. GRAY
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:21 PM MDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 320 PM MDT FRI JUL 14 1989 ...HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS IN CROWLEY COUNTY... AT 315 PM MDT HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS WERE REPORTED FROM ORDWAY TO SUGAR CITY IN CROWLEY COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. SHERIFF REPORTED TRAFFIC SLOW DUE RESTRICTED VISIBILITY IN RAIN AND WATER ON RAODWAYS. GALLEGOS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 11:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 3:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 36 min |
| Jul 14, 4:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 33 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.