Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 1989, 6:51 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 54 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
- Jun 29, 1989, 6:51 PM MDT (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1989, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kiowa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:00 PM MDT | Tornado F1 | Kiowa, 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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 3469 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 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 300051
TORPUB
COC061-300145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
651 PM MDT THU JUN 29 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
CENTRAL KIOWA
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...EADS...
CHIVINGTON...BRANDON AND SHERIDAN LAKE.
AT 648 AT TORNADO WAS SIGHTED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF EADS MOVING
NORTHEAST.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN
A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...FIND SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...TAKES SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH...
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
GRAY/WWWWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 29, 1:17 PM MDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 115 PM MDT THU JUN 29 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLING IN THE PIKES PEAK REGION... AT 110 PM THIS THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH AND ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO AND WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST OR NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. SOME RAIN IS FALLING FROM THESE STORMS BUT THE REAL THREAT IS THE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WIND. REMEMBER THAT WHEN LIGHTNING IS NEARBY...GET INSIDE. DO NOT STAY ON BICYCLES...MOTORCYCLES OR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT. GET OFF PLAYGROUNDS ATHLETIC FIELDS AND GOLF COURSES. LIGHTNING IS A KILLER. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THE REST OF THIS AFTTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS WITH LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION. MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 2:09 PM MDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 205 PM MDT THU JUN 29 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE HAIL IN SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY... AT 155 PM THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE HAIL LOCATED 1 MILE NORTH OF RUSH COLORADO...ABOUT 40 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A SECOND STORM IS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF MATHESON COLORADO...ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIOWA COLORADO AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY. REMEMBER THAT WHEN LIGHTNING IS NEARBY...GET INSIDE. DO NOT STAY ON BICYCLES...MOTORCYCLES OR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT. GET OFF PLAYGROUNDS ATHLETIC FIELDS AND GOLF COURSES. LIGHTNING IS A KILLER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST COLORADO ...INCLUDING COLORADO SPRINGS AND LIMON...UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING. MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:34 PM MDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 400 PM MDT THU JUN 29 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE HAIL IN NORTHERN LINCOLN AND WESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTIES... AT 4PM MDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL IN NORTHERN LINCOLN AND WESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTIES COLORADO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO BEFORE ENDING AFTER DARK. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO INCLUDING COLORADO SPRINGS AND LIMON UNTIL 9PM THIS EVENING. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN `FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GURNEY
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:38 PM MDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 435 PM MDT THU JUN 29 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO... THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL... HAVE DEVELOPED IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN EXTREME NORTHERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND SHOULD BE ALONG THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE OTERO/BENT COUNTYLINE BY 5 PM. ALSO...THUNDERSTORMSf WERE IN EASTERN PUEBLO AND NORTHERN CROWLEY COUNTIES MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. TESAR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 6:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 64 min |
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.