Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1995, 6:18 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 1995, 6:18 PM MDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1995, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kiowa County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1759 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPUB 250020 RRA SVRPUB COC061-250115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 618 PM MDT SAT JUN 24 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...KIOWA COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS KIOW COUNTY BETWEEN 620 AND 720 PM MDT. THE MOST INTENSE PORTION OF THE STORM WILL PASS JUST SOUTH AND WEST OF EADS HOWEVER PEOPLE IN THE EADS AREA SHOULD MOVE INDOORS QUICKLY. AT 615 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF EADS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. 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. & FORTUNE
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 24, 5:23 PM MDT, 55 minutes before
COZ076>081-250015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 523 PM MDT SAT JUN 24 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO TILL 9PM MDT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES BY 5:30 PM MDT AND SPREAD ACROSS THE COUTY FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 5:30 AND 7:30 PM MDT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE HASWELL AND ARLINGTON AREA AROUND 6:00 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. AT 5:15 PM RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF HASWELL MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LAJUNTA AREA BETWEEN 520 AND 6:30 PM. AT 5:15 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED OTERO AND CROWLEY COUNTIES. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM AREA WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. FORTUNE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:26 PM MDT, 52 minutes before
COZ076>081-250015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 523 PM MDT SAT JUN 24 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO TILL 9PM MDT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES BY 5:30 PM MDT AND SPREAD ACROSS THE COUTY FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 5:30 AND 7:30 PM MDT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE HASWELL AND ARLINGTON AREA AROUND 6:00 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. AT 5:15 PM RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF HASWELL MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LAJUNTA AREA BETWEEN 520 AND 6:30 PM. AT 5:15 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED OTERO AND CROWLEY COUNTIES. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM AREA WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. FORTUNE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:29 PM MDT, 49 minutes before
COZ067-068-071>073-250030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 529 PM MDT SAT JUN 24 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM MDT... RAIN SHOWERS WILL SPREAD INTO THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA AGAIN THIS EVENING. THE SHOWERS WILL BRING SOME BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ATLEAST UNTIL SUNSET. AT 525 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS OVER EASTERN TELLER AND NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTIES MOVING SOUTHEEAST AT 25 MPH. FORTUNE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:30 PM MDT, 48 minutes before
COZ067-068-071>073-250030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 529 PM MDT SAT JUN 24 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM MDT... RAIN SHOWERS WILL SPREAD INTO THE COLO2RADO SPRINGS AREA AGAIN THIS EVENING. THE SHOWERS WILL BRING SOME BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ATLEAST UNTIL SUNSET. AT 525 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS OVER EASTERN TELLER AND NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTIES MOVING SOUTHEEAST AT 25 MPH. FORTUNE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:01 PM MDT, 17 minutes before
COZ077>081-250050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 601 PM MDT SAT JUN 24 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE VICINITY OF EADS IN CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY BY 620 PM MDT BRINGING HAIL TO 1/2 INCH...HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BY 630 PM...THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM EADS SOUTH TO NEAR LAMAR IN WESTERN PROWERS COUNTY TO KIM IN EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. AT 557 PM MDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN PUEBLO INDICATED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF EADS. RADAR SHOWED ANOTHER STRONG STORM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA JUNTA IN EASTERN BENT COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. LARSON
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:02 PM MDT, 16 minutes before
COZ077>081-250050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 601 PM MDT SAT JUN 24 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE VICINITY OF EADS IN CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY BY 620 PM MDT BRINGING HAIL TO 1/2 INCH...HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BY 630 PM...THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM EADS SOUTH TO NEAR LAMAR IN WESTERN PROWERS COUNTY TO KIM IN EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. AT 557 PM MDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN PUEBLO INDICATED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF EADS. RADAR SHOWED ANOTHER STRONG STORM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA JUNTA IN EASTERN BENT COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. LARSON
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.