Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1990, 6:49 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 1990, 6:49 PM MDT (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1990, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 41 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPUB 240049
SVRPUB
COC061-240130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
649 PM MDT MON JUL 23 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
EASTERN KIOWA
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...SHERIDAN
LAKE...TOWNER.
AT 645 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
SHERIDAN LAKE IN EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY OR 55 TO 60 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND KANSAS. HAIL WAS INDICATED WITH THIS STORM
AS IT MOVED SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
GRAYWhat 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, Jul 23, 1:28 PM MDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
COZ014-232100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 130 PM MDT SUN JUL 22 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY... AT 125 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...ONE WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...NORTH AND EAST OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA. THE HEAVIEST STORM WAS 10 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AND COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHrER APPROACHES. SS
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 1:31 PM MDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-232100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 130 PM MDT MON JUL 23 1990 ...KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY THIS AFTERNOON... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTUBANCE IS MOVING OVER COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON ...AND WILL HELP TO KICK OFF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA INCLUDING SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER IN THEIR AREA...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LISTEN TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR WEATHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THE AFTERNOON GOES ON. TESAR
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:34 PM MDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
COZ014-232130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 235 PM MDT SUN JUL 22 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM MDT FOR EASTERN COLORADO... AT 225 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF EL PASO COUNTY MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL PASS THROUGH THE TOWNS OF YODER AND RUSH WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. SS
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 4:24 PM MDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
COZ014-232230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 425 PM MDT SUN JUL 22 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN ELBERT COUNTY... AT 415 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN ELBERT COUNTY NORTH OF ELIZABETH. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IT WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL ...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS KIT CARSON COUNTY NEAR AND SOUTH OF I70 NEAR THE BURLINGTON AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO NOTED OVER SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR MOST OF EASTERN COLORADO. PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. SS
Local storm report, Jul 23, 6:19 PM MDT, 30 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
619 PM MDT MON JUL 23 1990
FOR JULY 20 1990....
TIME (MST) COUNTY EVENT
1140 ELBERT CO PUBLIC REPORTED UP TO ONE INCH HAIL
COC039 10NE SIMLA CO.
1205- EL PASO CO SPOTTERS RPTD TORNADO 5W OF CALHAN CO
1210 COC041 AND 5ENE PEYTON CO. (SAME STORM)
1214 EL PASO CO SPOTTER RPTD ONE INCH HAIL IN CALHAN CO.
COC041
1215 EL PASO CO PUBLIC RPTD TORNADO 8SW OF CALHAN CO.
COC041
1340 EL PASO CO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL RPTD BY PUBLIC IN
COC041 NORTHERN PART OF COLORADO SPRINGS CO.
1358 EL PASO CO ONE INCH HAIL RPTD AT NWS PERSONNEL`S
COC041 HOUSE IN NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS CO.
1400 EL PASO CO SPOTTER IN MONUMENT CO RPTD 3/4 HAIL.
SSLocal storm report, Jul 23, 6:45 PM MDT, 4 minutes before
DELAYED STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
640 PM MDT MON JUL 23 1990
FOR JULY 20 1990....
TIME (MST) COUNTY EVENT
1140 ELBERT CO PUBLIC REPORTED UP TO ONE INCH HAIL
COC039 10NE SIMLA CO.
1205- EL PASO CO SPOTTERS RPTD TORNADO 5W OF CALHAN CO
1210 COC041 AND 5ENE PEYTON CO. (SAME STORM)
1214 EL PASO CO SPOTTER RPTD ONE INCH HAIL IN CALHAN CO.
COC041
1215 EL PASO CO PUBLIC RPTD TORNADO 8SW OF CALHAN CO.
COC041
1305 EL PASO/ SPOTTER RPTD TORNADO APPROX 12NE PEYTON
ELBERT CO CO & 1 INCH HAIL ALONG EL PASO/ELBERT CO
LINE. ALSO TORNADO 1E PEYTON CO.
1340 EL PASO CO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL RPTD BY PUBLIC IN
COC041 NORTHERN PART OF COLORADO SPRINGS CO.
1358 EL PASO CO ONE INCH HAIL RPTD AT NWS PERSONNEL`S
COC041 HOUSE IN NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS CO.
1400 EL PASO CO SPOTTER IN MONUMENT CO RPTD 3/4 HAIL.
SSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 7:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 68 min |
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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.