Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1995, 4:18 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1995, 4:18 PM MDT (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1995, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 57 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 22:17 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 815 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 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 282220 RRA SVRPUB COC041-282315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 418 PM MDT WED JUN 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO ...WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY AFFECTING COLORADO SPRINGS AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES WITH HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND LARGE HAIL. AT 417 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...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 MO>VING 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 28, 11:36 AM MDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
COZ016-060>081-290600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1136 AM MDT WED JUN 28 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 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SYNOPSIS: LOW PRESSURE ON THE COLORADO-KANSAS BORDER WILL CIRCULATE MIDDLE 50S TO LOWER 60S DEW POINTS INTO THE AREA AND INCREASE INSTABILITY ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. UPPER WINDS WILL BE FAIRLY LIGHT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ALLOWING FOR SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID-AFTERNOON IN THE MOUNTAINS SPREAD EAST OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY BY MID-AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. TLM/GTR
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 11:38 AM MDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
COZ016-060>081-290600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1136 AM MDT WED JUN 28 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 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SYNOPSIS: LOW PRESSURE ON THE COLORADO-KANSAS BORDER WILL CIRCULATE MIDDLE 50S TO LOWER 60S DEW POINTS INTO THE AREA AND INCREASE INSTABILITY ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. UPPER WINDS WILL BE FAIRLY LIGHT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ALLOWING FOR SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID-AFTERNOON IN THE MOUNTAINS SPREAD EAST OVER THE EA2STERN PLAINS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY BY MID-AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. TLM/GTR
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:11 PM MDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
COZ062>070-282115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 211 PM MDT WED JUN 28 1995 SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AT 205 PM MDT. A WIDESPREAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN SAGUACHE COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR MOUNT BLANCA...13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAN LUIS...10 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF CRESTONE...AND 20 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ALAMOSA. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF BRINGING HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL LESS 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER. ALSO...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WESTCLIFFE...WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY EAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BRING HEAVY RAIN AND 1/2 INCH OR SMALLER HAIL NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96 THROUGH 245 PM. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVER THE SAN ISABEL NATIONAL FOREST IN WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...BRINGING SOME HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING MAY STRIKE SOME MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT CLOUD. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN EVEN THOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM IS NOT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. TLM
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:13 PM MDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
COZ062>070-282115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 211 PM MDT WED JUN 28 1995 SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AT 205 PM MDT. A WIDESP
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
COZ067-071-072-282135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 247 PM MDT WED JUN 28 1995 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST TELLER COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OVER PALMER LAKE AND MONUMENT BY 315 PM MDT BRINGING SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. AT 245 PM MDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN PUEBLO INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONUMENT MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 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. LARSON
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:49 PM MDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
COZ067-071-072-282135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 247 PM MDT WED JUN 28 1995 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST TELLER COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OVER PALMER LAKE AND MONUMENT BY 315 PM MDT BRINGING SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. AT 245 PM MDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN PUEBLO INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONUMENT MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 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. LARSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 3:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Teller | 34 min |
| Jun 28, 5:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 61 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.