Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1995, 3:11 PM MDT for Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1995, 3:11 PM MDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1995, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Otero County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 3075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 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 212112 SVRPUB COC089-212200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 311 PM MDT WED JUN 21 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ALONG HIGHWAY 350 AND THE TOWN OF TIMPAS BETWEEN 310 PM AND 400 PM. AT 300 PM RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF TIMPAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PEOPLE ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 350 IN OTERO COUNTY SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES EXCEPT IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. DO NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...GO TO A REINFORCED BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 21, 11:15 AM MDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
COZ016-060>081-220600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1115 AM MDT WED JUN 21 1995 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES ALAMOSA BACA BENT CHAFFEE CONEJOS COSTILLA CROWLEY CUSTER EL PASO FREMONT HUERFANO KIOWA LAS ANIMAS MINERAL OTERO PROWERS PUEBLO RIO GRANDE SAGUACHE TELLER SYNOPSIS: CONVERGENCE OF WARM...MOIST AIR ALONG A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IN EASTERN COLORADO...AND A FAVORABLE WIND PROFILE WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. DEVELOPMENT WILL MOST LIKELY BEGIN AROUND 300 OR 400 PM. AFTER THE ONSET OF CONVECTION OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN EASTERN COLORADO ALONG SURFACE BOUNDARIES. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR POTENTIALLY SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE EASTERN COUNTIES. SPOTTERS IN LAS ANIMAS...BACA...BENT...PROWERS AND KIOWA COUNTIES SHOULD BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IN THE REMAINING COUNTIES IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. GTR
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 11:18 AM MDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
COZ016-060>081-220600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1115 AM MDT WED JUN 21 1995 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES ALAMOSA BACA BENT CHAFFEE CONEJOS COSTILLA CROWLEY CUSTER EL PASO FREMONT HUERFANO KIOWA LAS ANIMAS MINERAL OTERO PROWERS PUEBLO RIO GRANDE SAGUACHE TELLER SYNOPSIS: CONVERGENCE OF WARM...MOIST AIR ALONG A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IN EASTERN COLORADO...AND A FAVORABLE WIND PROFILE WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. DEVELOPMENT WILL MOST LIKELY BEGIN AROUND 300 OR 400 PM. AFTER THE ONSET OF CONVECTION OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN EASTERN COLORADO ALONG SURFACE BOUNDARIES. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR POTENTIALLY SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE EASTERN COUNTIES. SPOTTERS IN LAS ANIMAS...BACA...BENT...PROWERS AND KIOWA COUNTIES SHOULD BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SPOTHTER ACTIVATION IN THE REMAINING COUNTIES IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. GTR
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 1:39 PM MDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
COZ075-077-212045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 139 PM MDT WED JUN 21 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR TRINIDAD... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS...WILL MOVE FROM NEAR TRINIDAD TO ALONG HIGHWAY 350 IN WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY AFFECTING TYRONE AND THATCHER BY 200 PM. AT 135 PM MDT...ONE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES EAST OF TRINIDAD AND ANOTHER 10 MILES SOUTH OF TRINIDAD MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. BT/GR
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 1:41 PM MDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
COZ075-077-212045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 139 PM MDT WED JUN 21 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR TRINIDAD... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS...WILL MOVE FROM NEAR TRINIDAD TO ALONG HIGHWAY 350 IN WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY AFFECTING TYRONE AND THATCHER BY 200 PM. AT 135 PM MDT...ONE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES EAST OF TRINIDAD AND ANOTHER 10 MILES SOUTH OFD TRINIDAD MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. BT/GR
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 2:55 PM MDT, 16 minutes before
COZ076-212145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 255 PM MDT WED JUN 21 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWEST OTERO COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ALONG HWY 10 IN SOUTHWEST OTERO COUNTY AFFECTING TIMPAS BY 315 PM...BRINGING UP TO 1/2 INCH HAIL...WIND GUSTS T40 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. AT 250 PM DOPPLER RADAR AT PUEBLO SHOWED THE THUNDERSTROM WAS 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TIMPAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SOME HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DANGEORUS LIGHTNING. WOLYN
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 2:57 PM MDT, 14 minutes before
COZ076-212145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 255 PM MDT WED JUN 21 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWEST OTERO COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ALONG HWY 10 IN SOUTHWEST OTERO COUNTY AFFECTING TIMPAS BY 315 PM...BRINGING UP TO 1/2 INCH HAIL...WIND GUSTS T40 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. AT 250 PM DOPPLER RADAR AT PUEBLO SHOWED THE THUNDERSTROM WAS 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TIMPAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SOME HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DANGEORUS LIGHTNING. WOLYN
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.