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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 23, 1995Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1995, 7:34 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 1995, 7:34 PM MDT (01:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1995, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Kiowa County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 1995-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1995-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2670 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-71 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.

000 
TTAA00 KPUB 240136 RRA
SVRPUB
COC061-240215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
734 PM MDT FRI JUN 23 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
 
   ...WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING ALONG HIGHWAY 96 AND WILL MOVE
THROUGH HASWELL BY 740 PM MDT.
 
AT 735 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN PUEBLO INDICATED THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM TO BE 3 MILES WEST OF HASWELL IN WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND V0ERY 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.
 
LARSON

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 23, 6:55 PM MDT, 39 minutes before
COZ076-240145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO ADD TO HEADER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
655 PM MDT FRI JUN 23 1995

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN CROWLEY COUNTY...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM SATURDAY MORNING FOR
   MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO ORDWAY IN CROWLEY COUNTY
BY 710 PM MDT AND INTO THE VICINITY OF LA JUNTA IN OTERO COUNTY BY 745
PM.

AT 652 PM MDT...PUEBLO DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THIS LINE OF
STRONG STORMS EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTH TO 25 MILES WEST OF LA
JUNTA...OR FROM 15 MILES NORTH TO 15 MILES WEST OF ORDWAY. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40
MPH...ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV
STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

LARSON
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 6:57 PM MDT, 37 minutes before
COZ076-240145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
655 PM MDT FRI JUN 23 1995

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN CROWLEY COUNTY...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO ORDWAY IN CROWLEY COUNTY
BY 710 PM MDT AND INTO THE VICINITY OF LA JUNTA IN OTERO COUNTY BY 745
PM.

AT 652 PM MDT...PUEBLO DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THIS LINE OF
STRONG STORMS EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTH TO 25 MILES WEST OF LA
JUNTA...OR FROM 15 MILES NORTH TO 15 MILES WEST OF ORDWAY. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40
MPH...ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.J

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV
STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

LARSON
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 7:04 PM MDT, 30 minutes before
COZ076-240145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO ADD TO HEADER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
655 PM MDT FRI JUN 23 1995

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN CROWLEY COUNTY...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM SATURDAY MORNING FOR
   MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO ORDWAY IN CROWLEY COUNTY
BY 710 PM MDT AND INTO THE VICINITY OF LA JUNTA IN OTERO COUNTY BY 745
PM.

AT 652 PM MDT...PUEBLO DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THIS LINE OF
STRONG STORMS EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTH TO 25 MILES WEST OF LA
JUNTA...OR FROM 15 MILES NORTH TO 15 MILES WEST OF ORDWAY. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40
MPH...ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV
STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

LtARSON
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 7:21 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
COZ078-079-240210-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO 2ND PARA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
721 PM MDT FRI JUN 23 1995

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM SATURDAY MORNING FOR
   MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY
AFFECTING THE CITIES OF ARLINGTON...HASWELL AND EADS BY 745 PM MDT.
THE LINE WILL PASS THROUGH WESTERN BENT COUNTY AFFECTING THE CITY OF
LAS ANIMAS BY 8 PM.

AT 719 PM MDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN PUEBLO INDICATED THE STRONGEST
STORM TO BE 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARLINGTON IN KIOWA COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF
THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO
AROUND 45 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.

LARSON
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 7:23 PM MDT, 11 minutes before
COZ078-079-240210-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
721 PM MDT FRI JUN 23 1995

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM SATURDAY MORNING FOR
   MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY
AFFECTING THE CITIES OF ARLINGTON...HASWELL AND EADS BY 745 PM MDT.
THE LINE WILL PASS THROUGH WESTERN BENT COUNTY AFFECTING THE CITY OF
LAS ANIMAS BY 8 PM.

AT 719 PM MDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN PUEBLO INDICATED THE STRONGEST
IN THE LINE OF STORMS 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARLINGTON IN KIOWA COUNTY.
MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO
AROUND 45 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.

LARSON
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 7:31 PM MDT, 3 minutes before
COZ078-079-240210-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO 2ND PARA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
721 PM MDT FRI JUN 23 1995

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM SATURDAY MORNING FOR
   MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY
AFFECTING THE CITIES OF ARLINGTON...HASWELL AND EADS BY 745 PM MDT.
THE LINE WILL PASS THROUGH WESTERN BENT COUNTY AFFECTING THE CITY OF
LAS ANIMAS BY 8 PM.

AT 719 PM MDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN PUEBLO INDICATED THE STRONGEST
STORM TO BE 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARLINGTON IN KIOWA COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF
THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO
AROUND 45 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.

LARSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 8:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers44 min

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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.