Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO

Issued

May 11, 1991, 6:00 PM MDT (00:00 UTC)

Expired

May 11, 1991, 6:20 PM MDT

In force

20 min

Issued by

NWS Pueblo, CO

Area

Whole counties

County Kiowa County, 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.

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COC061-120100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
600 PM MDT SAT MAY 11 1991

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 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 AND
 CHIVINGTON.

AT 555 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 8 MILES SOUTH OF EADS IN
CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY. NEAR GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 10
MILES SOUTH OF EADS. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH 35 MPH AND SHOULD
APPROACH EADS SHORTLY AFTER 6 PM.

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.

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 CONDIT(IONS.

GRAY

In the hours before

COZ016-017-112300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
405 PM MDT SAT MAY 11 1991

...TORNADO WATCH FOR PART OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 9 PM MDT...

AT 4 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WERE
5 MILES WEST AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF EADS IN KIOWA
COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE THREAT OF
SEVERE WEATHER IN THEIR AREA. IF THE WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING...
HEAD INDOORS TO STURDY SHELTER...AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

OTHER THUNDERTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE EASTERN BORDER
COUNTIES OF COLORADO...SO STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGPS.

TESAR

COZ016-017-120130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
515 PM MDT SAT MAY 11 1991

...TORNADO WATCH FOR PART OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 9 PM MDT...

AT 515 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL
HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHEAST BENT AND SOUTHWEST PROWERS COUNTIES OF
SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF LAMAR...AND WAS MOVING NORTH 35 MPH.

THIS STORM SHOULD STRIKE A PATH BETWEEN TOWNS IN EASTERN BENT COUNTY
...SUCH AS CADDOA...HASTY AND MCCLAVE AND WESTERN PROWERS COUNTY
SUCH AS LAMAR AND WILEY BEFORE 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. PEOPLE NEAR
THE STORM...AS WELL AS PEOPLE IN EASTERN BENT AND WESTERN PROWERS
COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO
SAFE SHELTER...INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS IF THE WEATHER BECOMES
THREATENING.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL WATCH THIS STORM CLOSELY AS IT
DEVELOPS AND MOVES NORTH THROUGH BENT AND PROWERS COUNTIES. STAY
TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO OR TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
GRAY

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

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.