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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 14, 1989Bent County, Otero County, Colorado

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 14, 4:00 PM MDTThunderstorm Wind 0Bent, 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.

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 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.

GRAY

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, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 11:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa42 min
Jul 14, 3:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa36 min
Jul 14, 4:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers33 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.