Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1990, 8:48 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1990, 8:48 PM MDT (02:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1990, 9:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 3174 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 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 200248
SVRPUB
COC099-200330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
848 PM MDT TUE JUN 19 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
NORTHERN PROWERS
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...
LAMAR AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN NORTHEAST PROWERS COUNTY MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM DROPPED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL ON THE TOWN OF
WILEY IN PROWERS COUNTY AT AROUND 840 PM MDT.
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.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGI-NG WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. ONCE
INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TESARWhat 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, Jun 19, 7:03 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
COC014-200210-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
705 PM MDT TUE JUN 19 1990
... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE EAST ...
AT 700 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL POSSIBLE...OVER CALHAN IN NORTHEAST EL PASO
COUNTY...OVER LIMON IN NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY...5 MILES EAST OF
BOYERO ON THE BORDER OF CHYENNE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES...AND ON THE
BORDER OF KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES COLORADO.
THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND COULD
PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND BE PRgEPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACH.
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CROWLEYSpecial weather statement, Jun 19, 7:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
COZ015-016-017-200200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 715 PM MDT TUE JUNE 19 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN KIOWA COUNTY... AT 710 PM MDT THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN KIOWA COUNTY WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHERIDAN LAKE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WIND. PEOPLE IN EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY SHOULD TAKE COVER FROM THIS STORM UNTIL IT MOVES INTO WESTERN KANSAS BY 730 PM MDT. TESAR
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 7:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
COZ015-016-017-200230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 745 PM MDT TUE JUNE 19 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY... AT 740 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN EASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY JUST NORTH OF SUGAR CITY MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WIND. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY BY 8 PM MDT. PEOPLE IN EASTERN CROWLEY AND WESTERN KIOWA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER AS THIS STORM CONTINUES EASTWARD THROUGH THEIR AREA. TESAR
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:11 PM MDT, 37 minutes before
COC014-200315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 810 PM MDT TUE JUN 19 1990 ... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER COLORADO SPRINGS AND EAST ... AT 805 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER PORTIONS OF EL PASO...ELBERT...LINCOLN...KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES COLORADO. LIGHT RAINSHOWERS AND SMALL SOFT HAIL WAS NOTED AT THE COLORADO SPRINGS AIRPORT IN THE PAST HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH AND COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG 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 APPROACH. CROWLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:22 PM MDT, 26 minutes before
COZ0-016-017-200300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 820 PM MDT TUE JUNE 19 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 815 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS CONTINUING THROUGH SOUTHEAST COLORADO LOCATED ALONG THE BENT/KIOWA COUNTY LINE 9 MILES SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON...AND WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN BENT SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER AS THE STORM MOVES THROUGH THEIR AREA. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHEAST PROWERS COUNTY BY 845 PM MDT...AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE TOWN OF LAMAR AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. RESIDENTS IN NORTHEAST PROWERS COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. TESAR
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:38 PM MDT, 10 minutes before
COZ0-016-017-200330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 838 PM MDT TUE JUNE 19 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCES MARBLE SIZE HAIL... AT 835 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST PROWERS COUNTY MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM DUMPED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL ON THE TOWN OF HASTY IN BENT COUNTY JUST MINUTES EARLIER. THE HAIL IN HASTY COVERED THE ROADS AND WAS FOLLOWED BY VERY HEAVY RAINS. PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST PROWERS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF LAMAR AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES...SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH THEIR AREA UNTIL 915 PM MDT. TESAR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 9:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 29 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.