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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 30, 1990Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1990, 7:01 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 30, 1990, 7:01 PM MDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 1990, 7:40 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Pueblo 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 219 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1990-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 205 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1990-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
205 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1938 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPUB 310101
SVRPUB
COC101-310200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
701 PM MDT MON JUL 30 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
      CENTRAL PUEBLO

 THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...
 SOUTHWEST PUEBLO AND INTERSTATE-25 SOUTH OF PUEBLO.

AT 655 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 7 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
PUEBLO MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

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.

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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.