Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 1990, 6:20 PM MDT for Crowley County, Colorado. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 1990, 6:20 PM MDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 1990, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crowley 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 2303 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 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 050020
SVRPUB
COC025-050115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
620 PM MDT SAT AUG 4 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST CROWLEY
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...ORDWAY AND
SUGAR CITY.
AT 615 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 5 MILES NORTH OF SUGAR
CITY...17 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF LA JUNTA. THE STORM WAS MOVING
SOUTH 20 MPH AND SHOULD BE NEARING SUGAR CITY BEFORE 630 PM MDT.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVEb 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.
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, Aug 4, 1:19 PM MDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
COZ014-042015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 115 PM MDT SAT AUG 4 1990 ... THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING OVER THE MOUNTAINS ... AT 110 PM LIMON RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL...IN THE MOUNTAINS WEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NOTED OVER NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY...ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF WOODLAND PARK. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH AND MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WIND AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHE. CROWLEY9
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 2:46 PM MDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
COZ006-014-015-016-042300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 240 PM MDT SAT AUG 4 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP IN FREMONT COUNTY... AT 235 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL HAD DEVELOPED AND MOVED INTO CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR TEXAS CREEK ABOUT 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. A REPORT FROM PARKDALE...8 MILES WEST OF CANON CITY INDICATED HEAVY RAIN THERE AT 235 PM MDT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST 10 MPH. PEOPLE IN FREMONT COUNTY NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AS HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. BECAUSE OF THE TERRAIN IN FREMONT COUNTY SOME RAPID RUNOFF OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN HEAVY RAIN AND MOTORISTS AND OTHERS IN THE AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODING. GRAY
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 2:51 PM MDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
COZ006-014-015-016-042300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 245 PM MDT SAT AUG 4 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP IN FREMONT COUNTY... AT 240 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL HAD DEVELOPED AND MOVED INTO CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR TEXAS CREEK ABOUT 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. A REPORT FROM PARKDALE...8 MILES WEST OF CANON CITY...OR 15 MILES EAST OF TEXAS CREEK...INDICATED HEAVY RAIN THERE AT 235 PM MDT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST 10 MPH. PEOPLE IN FREMONT COUNTY NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AS HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. BECAUSE OF THE TERRAIN IN FREMONT COUNTY SOME RAPID RUNOFF OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN HEAVY RAIN AND MOTORISTS AND OTHERS IN THE AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODING. GRAY
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 4:28 PM MDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-050100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 425 PM MDT SAT AUG 4 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 420 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN NORTHEAST CROWLEY AND NORTHWEST KIOWA COUNTY...25 MILES NORTH OF LA JUNTA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHWEST PUEBLO COUNTY 15 TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF PUEBLO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST 10 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO THE REST OF TODAY AND INTO THE EVENING SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF THE WEATHER IN THE AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. MOVE INDOORS TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. GRAY
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 4:33 PM MDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
COZ014-042330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 425 PM MDT SAT AUG 4 1990 ... THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION ... AT 415 PM LIMON RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL...IN SEVERAL LINES ACROSS THE PIKES PEAK AND EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO. ONE LINE WAS FROM SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS IN EL PASO COUNTY NORTHEAST TO NEAR ELIZABETH IN ELBERT COUNTY...ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS. ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM 25 SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS NEAR EDISON NORTH NORTHEAST TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIMON...NEAR BYERS...THEN ON NORTH. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH AND MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WIND AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PERSONS SHOULD STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. HALL
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 5:30 PM MDT, 50 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-050130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 525 PM MDT SAT AUG 4 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 520 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN EASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY...NORTH OF SUGAR CITY...MOVING SOUTH 10 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN PUEBLO COUNTY IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF PUEBLO AS WELL AS IN EASTERN HUERFANO COUNTY NORTHEAST OF WALSENBURG. RAIN HAD BEGUN IN VARIOUS PARTS OF PUEBLO...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS EVENING SHOULD STAY ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. DO NOT REMAIN OUTDOORS ...BUT MOVE INSIDE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. GRAY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 7:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 2:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 34 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.