Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1995, 3:41 PM MDT for Costilla County, Colorado. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1995, 3:41 PM MDT (21:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1995, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Costilla County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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
Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KPUB 302141 RRA SVRPUB COC023-302230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 341 PM MDT FRI JUN 30 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH COLORADO ...COSTILLA COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COSTILLA COUNTY BETWEEN 340 AND 415 PM MDT. THIS STORM WILL MOVE TO THE TOWN OF SAN LUIS BY 355 PM MDT PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE HAVY RAIN AND A LOT OF LIGHTNING. AT 340 PM MDT THE STORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAN LUIS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 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 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 30, 11:38 AM MDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
COZ016-060>081-010600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO COLORADO 1138 AM MDT FRI JUN 30 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: A COOL FAIRLY STABLE AIR MASS WILL BE OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY FROM THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST. A WEATHER DISTURBANCE OVER THE AREA MIDDAY WILL MOVE EAST CARRYING RAINSHOWERS WITH IT. HOWEVER...ON ITS HEELS IS ANOTHER SYSTEM OVER WESTERN COLORADO AND UTAH. THIS WILL GENERATE MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...FIRST IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...WHERE THE SKY HAS PARTIALLY CLEARED. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME GETTING NEAR SEVERE LIMITS WELL DEVELOP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON... BRINGING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL. AS THIS ACTIVITY MOVES INTO THE MORE STABLE AIR IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...IT IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN. SPOTTERS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON...AND REPORT ANY FLOODING...HAIL OR GUSTY WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO. TLM
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 11:41 AM MDT, 4 hours before
COZ016-060>081-010600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO COLORADO 1138 AM MDT FRI JUN 30 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: A COOL FAIRLY STABLE AIR MASS WILL BE OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY FROM THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST. A WEATHER DISTURBANCE OVER THE AREA MIDDAY WILL MOVE EAST CARRYING RAINSHOWERS WITH IT. HOWEVER...ON ITS HEELS IS ANOTHER SYSTEM OVER WESTERN COLORADO AND UTAH. THIS WILL GENERATE MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...FIRST IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...WHERE THE SKY HAS PARTIALLY CLEARED. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME GETTING NEAR SEVERE LIMITS WELL DEVELOP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON... BRINGING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL. AS THIS ACTIVITY MOVES INTO THE MORE STABLE AIR IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...IT IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN. SPOTTERS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON...AND REPORT ANY FLOODING...HAIL OR GUSTY WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO. TLM
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 12:00 PM MDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
COZ016-060>065-067>081-060600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1200 PM MDT SUN JUN 30 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 ...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...A FEW MAY BE SEVERE... SYNOPSIS: THE AIRMASS REMAINS DRY IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE EXCEPTION IS NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER WHERE LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY FLOW IS BRINGING ABUNDANT MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. LOOK FOR WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM OVER THE MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 1 PM AND 2 PM WITH A FEW MOVING ONTO THE NEARBY PLAINS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LITTLE RAIN BUT COULD BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. ADDITIONALLY...A COLD FRONT OVER SOUTHERN WYOMING THIS MORNING WILL MOVE SOUTH OVER EASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO LATE THIS EVENING. THIS FRONT SHOULD PASS THROUGH THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA AROUND 9 PM AND THROUGH PUEBLO AROUND 10 PM REACHING THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN BORDERS BY 2 AM. RAIN SHOWERS OR EVEN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS COLD FRONT TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS WITH THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. HAYNES
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 1:04 PM MDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
COZ062>066-302055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 105 PM MDT FRI JUN 30 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALAMOSA AND ALONG HIGHWAY 160 EAST OF BLANCA AT 100 PM. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AND WILL BRING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL LESS THAN 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER ALONG HIGHWAY 160 UP TO LA VETA PASS AND SOUTHEAST OF ALAMOSA IN OPEN FARMLAND. AT 100 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF CANON CITY INTO SOUTHEAST SAGUACHE COUNTY JUST EAST OF LA GARITA. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL PASS THROUGH CANON CITY...WESTCLIFFE...CRESTONE AND THE GREAT SAND DUNES PARK BEFORE 145 PM. 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. TLM
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 1:05 PM MDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
COZ062>066-302055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 105 PM MDT FRI JUN 30 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALAMOSA AND ALONG HIGHWAY 160 EAST OF BLANCA AT 100 PM. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AND WILL BRING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL LESS THAN 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER ALONG HIGHWAY 160 UP TO LA VETA PASS AND SOUTHEAST OF ALAMOSA IN OPEN FARMLAND. AT 100 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF CANON CITY INTO SOUTHEAST SAGUACHE COUNTY JUST EAST OF LA GARITA. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL PASS THROUGH CANON CITY...WESTCLIFFE...CRESTONE AND THE GREAT SAND DUNES PARK BEFORE 145 PM. 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. TLM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 1:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Costilla | 26 min |
| Jun 30, 2:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Rio Grande, Saguache | 51 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.