Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1989, 5:48 PM MDT for Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1989, 5:48 PM MDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1989, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bent 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 217 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.
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TTAA00 KPUB 142348
SVRPUB
COC011-099-150030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
548 PM MDT SUN MAY 14 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
NORTHEAST BENT...NORTHWEST PROWERS
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...
HASTY...MCCLAVE IN BENT COUNTY AND WILEY IN PROWERS COUNTY
AND OTHER SMALLER COMMUNITIES IN THOSE AREAS.
PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED EARLIER AT LAS ANIMAS
AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT HASTY AT 528 PM MDT
ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS
SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
GALLEGOSWhat 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, 12:36 PM MDT, 5 hours 12 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, 4 hours 36 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, 4 hours 4 minutes 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, 3 hours 19 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
Special weather statement, May 14, 4:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 425 PM MDT SUN MAY 14 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 7PM MDT FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR COLORADO SPRINGS... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING...THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...SOUTHEAST ELBERT..SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF LINCOLN..SOUTHWEST KIT CARSON..WESTERN CHEYENNE..WESTERN KIOWA..WESTERN PROWERS..BACA..BENT..OTERO AND EASTERN HALF OF LAS ANIMAS. REMEMBER... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING OR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND KEEP ABREAST TO LOCALLY DEVELOPING WEATHER OVER LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATIONS. AT 3:30 PM THE HEAVIES THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST OF DENVER AND IN THE LA JUNTA AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN COVER AND AREA FROM AKRON IN THE NORTHEAST TO TRINIDAD IN THE SOUTH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND SlTRONG GUSTY WIND AS THEY CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. HAVILL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 46 min |
| May 14, 4:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 58 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.