Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1989, 6:25 PM MDT for Bent County, Crowley County, Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 1989, 6:25 PM MDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 1989, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1895 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 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 170025
SVRPUB
COC011-025-061-170130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
625 PM MDT WED AUG 16 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
EXTREME NORTHERN BENT...EASTERN CROWLEY...WESTERN KIOWA
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...ARLINGTON
...HASWELL...GALETEA...SUGAR CITY AND LAS ANIMAS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EASTERN CROWLEY AND JUST NORTHEAST OF
LA JUNTA MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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.
CASEYWhat 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, Aug 16, 2:59 PM MDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 258 PM MDT TUE AUG 15 1989 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHWEST PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 255 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN NORTHWEST PUEBLO COUNTY 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS SHOULD ARRIVE OVER THE CITY OF PUEBLO BY 230 PM MDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ALONG THE FOOTHILLS AND EXTEND FROM WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY SOUTH AND EAST INTO LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINS. IF THREATENIN;G WEATHER APPROACHES SEE SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS CASEY
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 3:07 PM MDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 306258 PM MDT TUE AUG 15 1989 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHWEST PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 255 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN NORTHWEST PUEBLO COUNTY 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS SHOULD ARRIVE OVER THE CITY OF PUEBLO BY 230 PM MDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ALONG THE FOOTHILLS AND EXTEND FROM WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY SOUTH AND EAST INTO LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS WELL AS HEAVY RAHINS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS CASEY
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 3:25 PM MDT, 3 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 306 PM MDT TUE AUG 15 1989 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHWEST PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 255 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN NORTHWEST PUEBLO COUNTY 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS SHOULD ARRIVE OVER THE CITY OF PUEBLO BY 230 PM MDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ALONG THE FOOTHILLS AND EXTEND FROM WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY SOUTH AND EAST INTO LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINS`. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS CASEY
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 3:27 PM MDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 326 PM MDT WED AUG 16 1989 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHWEST PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 255 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN NORTHWEST PUEBLO COUNTY 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS SHOULD ARRIVE OVER THE CITY OF PUEBLO BY 230 PM MDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ALONG THE FOOTHILLS AND EXTEND FROM WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY SOUTH AND EAST INTO LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINSb. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS CASEY
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 4:03 PM MDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 401 PM MDT WED AUG 16 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 358 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO IN PUEBLO...LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTIES. THE STORM WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS 11 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO INTO THE EVENING HOURS AND WILL BE MOVING SOUTHEAST. THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS WELL AS THE HEAVY RAINS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. CASEY
Local storm report, Aug 16, 4:37 PM MDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
437 PM MDT WED AUG 16 1989
MDT... EVENT... BY PUBLIC...SPOTTERS OR CITY PERSONNEL...
1401 3/4 INCH HAIL...GLENEAGLE.
1415 3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL...BLACK FOREST.
1420 3/4 INCH HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN...GLENEAGLE AND FALCON.
1420 POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD...NORTH COS.
1425 3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL NEAR PEYTON...AND HEAVY RAIN.
1435 "LARGE HAIL" NEAR BRIARGATE...NE COS.
1440 FUNNEL CLOUD OVER SKY SOX STADIUM.
1442 GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...BLACK FOREST.
1450 FUNNEL CLOUDS...NE COS.
1454 1 INCH HAIL...NE COS.
1500 HAIL COVERING GROUND...N AND NE COS.
1510 FUNNELS OVER PORTIONS NORTH AND NORTHEAST COS.
1515 3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL...NE COS.
1525 FUNNELS AND PEA SIZE HAIL NEAR AIRPORT...NEAR FT. CARSON.
1550 FUNNELS AND 3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL...SECURITY. {}
CROWLEYNearby
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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.