Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1989, 3:44 PM MDT for Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 46 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
- May 14, 1989, 3:44 PM MDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1989, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 3:45 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Otero, 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 694 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 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 142144 COR
SVRPUB
COC089-142230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
344 PM MDT SUN MAY 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
NORTHEAST OTERO
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...LA JUNTA.
AT 330 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER LA JUNTA MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS LA JUNTA AND NORTH
LA JUNTA BY 400 PM MDT.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN LA JUNTA REPORTED ONE HALF TO ONE INCH HAIL
AT 320 PM MDT.
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.
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
I NSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, May 14, 11:07 AM MDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1105 AM MDT SUN MAY 14 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE DEVELOPED IN PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 1055 AM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAD DEVELOPED IN PUEBLO AND HUERFANO COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER RYE COLORADO...29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM SHOULD BE PASSING TO THE WEST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO AROUND 1130 AM MDT. ALONG WITH THE HEAVY RAINS...THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. PEAS SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED/ AT COLORADO CITY AT 1057 AM MDT. LISTEN TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. CASEY
Special weather statement, May 14, 12:36 PM MDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1235 PM MDT SUN MAY 14 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 700 PM MDT THIS EVENING... AT 1230 PM MDT A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY 20 MILES SOUTH OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EASTERN FREMONT...EASTERN CUSTER AND PUEBLO COUNTY. ALONG WITH THE HEAVY RAINS...THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. LISTEN TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. CASEY
Special weather statement, May 14, 1:12 PM MDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 110 PM MDT SUN MAY 14 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 700 PM MDT THIS EVENING... AT 105 PM MDT A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WAS LOCATED IN PUEBLO COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTH OF THE PUEBLO MEMORIAL AIRPORT MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM IS PART OF A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTEND FROM EL PASO COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY AND INTO NORTHERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. THE LINE APPEARS TO BE MOVING SLOWLY EAST. ALONG WITH THE HEAVY RAINS...THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE P?LACE IMMEDIATELY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED SO LISTEN TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO. CASEY
Special weather statement, May 14, 1:44 PM MDT, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 143 PM MDT SUN MAY 14 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 700 PM MDT THIS EVENING... AT 140 PM MDT A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WAS LOCATED IN PUEBLO COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM IS PART OF A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDS FROM EL PASO COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY AND INTO NORTHERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES BY 200 PM MDT. ALONG WITH THE HEAVY RAINS...THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED SO LISTEN TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO. CASEY
Special weather statement, May 14, 2:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 228 PM MDT SUN MAY 14 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 700 PM MDT THIS EVENING... AT 225 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WERE LOCATED IN OTERO COUNTY. ONE WAS ONE MILE NORTH OF FOWLER COLORADO WHICH IS 23 MILES WEST OF LA JUNTA AND WILL BE MOVING INTO CROWLEY COUNTY BY 230 PM. THE OTHER WAS 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA JUNTA THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING OVER ROCKY FORD...WHICH IS 9 MILES WEST OF LA JUNTA ...BY 300 PM MDT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ALONG WITH THE HEAVY RAINS...THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. A SPOTTER 8 MILES WEST OF FOWLER REPORTED ONE QUARTER TO HALF INCH HAIL AT 147 PM MDT. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. CASEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 4:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 58 min |
| May 14, 5:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 42 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.