Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1989, 10:40 PM MDT for Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 50 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
- Aug 19, 1989, 10:40 PM MDT (04:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 1989, 11:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Baca 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 10:57 PM MDT | Hail 3 | Baca, 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 2129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1429 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDEN 200447
SVRPUB
COC099-009-200530-
BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
ISSUED BY NWS DENVER
1040 PM MDT SAT AUG 19 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO:
SOUTHEAST PROWERS
NORTHEAST BACA
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING TOWNS/CITIES:
TWO BUTTES..WEBB..BARTLETT..HOLLY..LYCAN..STONINGTON AND WALSH
AT 1040 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
SOUTHCENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY AND NORTHEAST BACA COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE
STORMS WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH.
IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA..GO TO A STURDY
SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
REMEMBER..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS OF OVER 60 MPH..DEADLY LIGHTNING..AND
HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA.
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS..
STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN
INDOORS..STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING
TELEPHONES AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
IN DENVER..OR CALL YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 361-0663. DO NOT CALL THIS NUMBER FOR INFORMATION.
JLW
LAT..LON 3790 10260 3808 10205 3723 10205 3734 10260What 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 19, 5:12 PM MDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 510 PM MDT SAT AUG 19 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN CHEYENNE COUNTY COLORADO... AT 505 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER NORTHERN CHEYENNE COUNTY..12 MILES NORTH OF WILD HORSE AND IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS.. HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PERSONS LIVING IN WILD HORSE..KIT CARSON..FIRSyT VIEW AND CHEYENNE WELLS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. HAVILL
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 6:12 PM MDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 610 PM MDT SAT AUG 19 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN CHEYENNE COUNTY COLORADO... AT 605 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER FIRST VIEW IN CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY AND MOVING TO THE SOUTH- EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS.. HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PERSONS LIVING IN WILD HORSE..KIT CARSON..FIRST VIEW AND CH#EYENNE WELLS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. HAVILL
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.