Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1998, 4:14 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 1998, 4:14 PM MDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1998, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pueblo County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 4:20 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Pueblo West, 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
849 WUUS1 KPUB 242215 RRA SVRPUB COC101-242315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 414 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO * UNTIL 515 PM MDT * AT 411 PM MDT...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE STORM 15 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF PUEBLO OR 7 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO WEST...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE VICINITY OF PUEBLO WEST BY 435 PM AT THIS TIME...THE MOST LIKELY SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS STORM IS LARGE HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA GO TO SAFETY IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A BASEMENT OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION. SEVERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE WARNING. JK/MM
What 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.
NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 24, 2:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 2:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 229 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 1998 WILL KEEP THIS QUITE SHORT DUE TO TORNADO WATCH/SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. WILL KEEP GOING FORECAST OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...OVER THE EASTERN CWFA ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COLORADO/KANSAS BORDER WITH 19Z/23RD CAPES APPROACHING 2000 J/KG AND LI'S IN THE -6 TO -8 RANGE ACCORDING TO GOES 8/9 SOUNDING INFO. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES TO RUN NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW THIS MORNING'S VALUES. "7"
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 24, 2:18 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
COZ071-072-242105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 218 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 1998 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS EL PASO COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 94 EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS THROUGH 3 PM MDT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER...BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. AT 215 PM... PUEBLO RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST STORM 2 MILES NORTH OF ELLICOTT. ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF SECURITY-WIDEFIELD. BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN OCCUR WITH ALL THUNDERSTORMS. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES... GET INDOORS OR IN A VEHICLE. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM THE STORM...WHERE IT IS NOT RAINING AND WHERE YOU MAY BE. MOORE
Special weather statement, May 24, 2:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
COZ071-242140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 253 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 1998 ...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING BETWEEN SOUTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS AND SECURITY-WIDEFIELD...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS THROUGH 310 PM...AND ACROSS HIGHWAY 94 BETWEEN THE COLORADO SPRINGS AIRPORT AND PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE THROUGH 320 PM. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER...BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN OCCUR WITH ALL THUNDERSTORMS. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES... GET INDOORS OR IN A VEHICLE. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM THE STORM...WHERE IT IS NOT RAINING AND WHERE YOU MAY BE. MOORE
Special weather statement, May 24, 2:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
COZ071-242140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 253 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 1998 ...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING BETWEEN SOUTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS AND SECURITY-WIDEFIELD...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS THROUGH 310 PM...AND ACROSS HIGHWAY 94 BETWEEN THE COLORADO SPRINGS AIRPORT AND PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE THROUGH 320 PM. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER...BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN OCCUR WITH ALL THUNDERSTORMS. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES... GET INDOORS OR IN A VEHICLE. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM THE STORM...WHERE IT IS NOT RAINING AND WHERE YOU MAY BE. MOORE
Local storm report, May 24, 3:34 PM MDT, 40 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO, CO
334 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 1998
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0231 PM 27 E COLORADO SPRINGS CO 1.75 HAIL
05/24/98 EL PASOSpecial weather statement, May 24, 3:49 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
COZ068-070-073-242250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 349 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 1998 ...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST FREMONT COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST FREMONT COUNTY...ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF WETMORE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN PENROSE AND PUEBLO WEST BY 410 PM. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER...BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN OCCUR WITH ALL THUNDERSTORMS. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES... GET INDOORS OR IN A VEHICLE. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM THE STORM...WHERE IT IS NOT RAINING AND WHERE YOU MAY BE. MOORE
Special weather statement, May 24, 3:49 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
COZ068-070-073-242250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 349 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 1998 ...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST FREMONT COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST FREMONT COUNTY...ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF WETMORE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN PENROSE AND PUEBLO WEST BY 410 PM. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER...BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN OCCUR WITH ALL THUNDERSTORMS. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES... GET INDOORS OR IN A VEHICLE. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM THE STORM...WHERE IT IS NOT RAINING AND WHERE YOU MAY BE. MOORE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 12:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 60 min |
| May 24, 2:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 50 min |
| May 24, 3:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 58 min |
| May 24, 4:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 62 min |
| May 24, 5:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 60 min |
| May 24, 5:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
Sources
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.