Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1995, 5:52 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 1995, 5:52 PM MDT (23:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1995, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kiowa County, CO, Otero County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 1589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 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 182353 RRA SVRPUB COC061-089-190045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 552 PM MDT SUN JUN 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY...OTERO COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OVER ARLINGTON IN WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY BY 600 PM MDT. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH HOWLEY IN OTERO COUNTY BY 605 PM MDT. HAIL LARGER THAN 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. AT 550 PM MDT...PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ONE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILE SOUTHWEST OF HOWLEY. ANOTHER SEVERE STORM WAS 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARLINGTON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY DLIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAIN FLOODS ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED UNDERPASSES OR FAST MOVING WATER ON ROADS.
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 3:39 PM MDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
COZ078-182215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 338 PM MDT SUN JUN 18 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER OPEN COUNTRY ACROSS HIGHWAY 26 BETWEEN HASWELL AND EADS BY 400 PM MDT. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. AT AT 338 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS LOCATED 15 MILESF WEST OF EADS WITH OTHER STRONG STORMS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EADS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 4:03 PM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
COZ078-182215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 338 PM MDT SUN JUN 18 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER OPEN COUNTRY ACROSS HIGHWAY 96 BETWEEN HASWELL AND EADS BY 400 PM MDT. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. AT AT 338 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF EADS WITH OTHER STRONG STORMS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EADS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ...CORRECTION FOR HIGHWAY NUMBER IN FIRST PARAGRAPH...
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 4:17 PM MDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
COZ078-182245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 417 PM MDT SUN JUN 18 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS KIOWA COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS HIGHWAY 96 BETWEEN HASWELL AND EADS BETWEEN 415 AND 445 PM MDT. STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. AT 415 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS STRONG STORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EADS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 4:18 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
COZ078-182245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 417 PM MDT SUN JUN 18 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS KIOWA COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS HIGHWAY 96 BETWEEN HASWELL AND EADS BETWEEN 415 AND 445 PM MDT. STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. AT 415 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS STRONG STORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EADS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:06 PM MDT, 46 minutes before
COZ075-076-077-078-079-190015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 506 PM MDT SUN JUN 18 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS LAS ANIMAS...OTERO...AND KIOWA COUNTIES... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AFFECTING THE FOLLOWING CITIES...ARLINGTON...LA JUNTA...AND THATCHER BETWEEN 510 AND 530 PM MDT. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. AT 505 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS LINE OF STORMS EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF EADS TO 20 MILES WEST OF THATCHER. MOVEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL STORMS WITHIN THIS LINE WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:07 PM MDT, 45 minutes before
COZ075-076-077-078-079-190015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 506 PM MDT SUN JUN 18 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS LAS ANIMAS...OTERO...AND KIOWA COUNTIES... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AFFECTING THE FOLLOWING CITIES...ARLINGTON...LA JUNTA...AND THATCHER BETWEEN 510 AND 530 PM MDT. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. AbT 505 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS LINE OF STORMS EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF EADS TO 20 MILES WEST OF THATCHER. MOVEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL STORMS WITHIN THIS LINE WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 4:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 27 min |
Nearby
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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.