Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 29, 1998El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1998, 9:41 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 59 min. 9 reports 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
Jun 29, 1998, 9:41 PM MDT (03:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1998, 10:40 PM MDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 29, 9:45 PM MDTHail 0.75Colorado Spgs, CO
Jun 29, 9:50 PM MDTHail 1Colorado Spgs, CO
Jun 29, 9:55 PM MDTHail 1Falcon, CO
Jun 29, 10:05 PM MDTHail 0.75Peyton, CO
Jun 29, 10:15 PM MDTHail 1.5Peyton, CO
Jun 29, 10:28 PM MDTHail 0.75Calhan, CO
Jun 29, 10:29 PM MDTHail 0.75Ellicott, CO
Jun 29, 10:45 PM MDTHail 0.75Calhan, CO
Jun 29, 10:45 PM MDTHail 1Ellicott, 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 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 1998-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 36 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 1998-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3730 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

800 
WUUS1 KPUB 300342 RRA
SVRPUB
COC041-300440-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
941 PM MDT MON JUN 29 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

* UNTIL 1040 PM MDT

* AT 935 PM MDT...RADAR SHOWED SEVERE STORMS FROM 2 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF COLORADO SPRINGS TO 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORDO SPRINGS
  MOVING NORTHEAST 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE EASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS THROUGH
1005 PM...FALCON THROUGH 1030 PM...  AT THIS TIME...THE MOST LIKELY
SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE STORMS IS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
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.

PE/JKH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 10:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso56 min
Jun 29, 11:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso33 min
Jun 30, 12:21 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBTeller64 min
Jun 30, 1:31 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBTeller59 min
Jun 30, 3:52 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso63 min
Jun 30, 4:07 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo63 min
Jun 30, 2:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster60 min
Jun 30, 4:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.