Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1989, 4:57 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1989, 4:57 PM MDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1989, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kiowa 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 nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
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, Jul 14, 12:33 PM MDT, 4 hours 24 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, 4 hours 13 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, 3 hours 39 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, 2 hours 24 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, 1 hour 36 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
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:50 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
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</html>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, 4:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 15 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.