Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1995, 1:54 PM MDT for Costilla County, Colorado. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1995, 1:54 PM MDT (19:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1995, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Costilla County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 269 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
- 92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1017 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPUB 011955 RRA SVRPUB COC023-012045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 154 PM MDT SAT JUL 1 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH COLORADO ...NORTHERN COSTILLA COUNTY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BLANCA AND FORT GARLAND...AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 160...BRINGING LARGE HAIL AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. AT 154 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AROUND BLANCA AND FORT GARLAND. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. TLM
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, Jul 1, 11:35 AM MDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
COZ016-060>081-020600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO COLORADO 1135 AM MDT SAT JUL 1 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 POSSIBLE TODAY... SYNOPSIS: SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. CLOUDS HAVE BROKEN UP OVER THE AREA WHICH WILL ALLOW THE AIR TO HEAT UP. PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS IN PLACE AND A DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. > THE AIR MASS WILL BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE. THIS...COUPLED WITH STRONG UPPER LEVEL WINDS FROM THE WEST...PROVIDING A FAVORABLE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE WILL CAUSE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN THE AREA. WITH ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...ANY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN FAVORED AREAS. WEATHER SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NECESSARY OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO SOMETIME AFTER 1 PM. MAGNUSON WWUS35KAMA /+
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 11:39 AM MDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
COZ016-060>081-020600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO COLORADO 1135 AM MDT SAT JUL 1 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 POSSIBLE TODAY... SYNOPSIS: SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. CLOUDS HAVE BROKEN UP OVER THE AREA WHICH WILL ALLOW THE AIR TO HEAT UP. PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS IN PLACE AND A DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. > THE AIR MASS WILL BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE. THIS...COUPLED WITH STRONG UPPER LEVEL WINDS FROM THE WEST...PROVIDING A FAVORABLE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE WILL CAUSE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN THE AREA. WITH ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...ANY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN FAVORED AREAS. WEATHER SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NECESSARY OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO SOMETIME AFTER 1 PM. MAGNUSON
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 12:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
COZ016-060-062>064-011925- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1223 PM MDT SAT JUL 1 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY... SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NEAR BUENA VISTA AND SAGUACHE BY 100 PM. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...HAIL LESS THAN 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...AT 1220 PM...WERE IN NORTHWEST SAGUACHE COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THERE ALSO WAS A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF ALAMOSA...WHICH WILL ALSO BE STRENGTHENING AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH...AND BE IN THE ALAMOSA AREA AROUND 1OO 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, Jul 1, 12:23 PM MDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
COZ016-060-062>064-011925- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1223 PM MDT SAT JUL 1 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY... SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NEAR BUENA VISTA AND SAGUACHE BY 100 PM. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...HAIL LESS THAN 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...AT 1220 PM...WERE IN NORTHWEST SAGUACHE COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THERE ALSO WAS A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF ALAMOSA...WHICH WILL ALSO BE STRENGTHENING AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH...AND BE IN THE ALAMOSA AREA AROUND 1OO 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, Jul 1, 12:42 PM MDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
COZ067-068-071>081-012030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1243 PM MDT SAT JUL 1 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER EL PASO COUNTY... AT 1235 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER EL PASO COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO...THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND SAN LUIS VALLEY WILL BE MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AFTER 130 PM. SOME STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN CAUSING TEMPORARY FLOODING OF STREETS...AND DAMAGING WINDS. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.t BT
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 12:43 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
COZ067-068-071>081-012030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1243 PM MDT SAT JUL 1 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER EL PASO COUNTY... AT 1235 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER EL PASO COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO...THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND SAN LUIS VALLEY WILL BE MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AFTER 130 PM. SOME STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN CAUSING TEMPORARY FLOODING OF STREETS...AND DAMAGING WINDS. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 12:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 40 min |
| Jul 1, 1:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Alamosa | 57 min |
| Jul 1, 1:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 58 min |
| Jul 1, 1:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Rio Grande | 36 min |
| Jul 1, 2:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 61 min |
| Jul 1, 2:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Saguache | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 2:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 28 min |
| Jul 1, 2:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 2:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Teller | 42 min |
| Jul 1, 2:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 68 min |
| Jul 1, 2:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 32 min |
| Jul 1, 3:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 3:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 29 min |
| Jul 1, 4:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 58 min |
| Jul 1, 4:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 40 min |
| Jul 1, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 59 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.