Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1995, 2:15 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1995, 2:15 PM MDT (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1995, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baca County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 2288 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1038 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 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 032015 RRA SVRPUB COC009-032045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 215 PM MDT MON JUL 3 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 SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...EASTERN BACA COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVING VERY SLOWLY EAST IN FARM AND RANCH LAND OVER EASTERN BACA COUNTY...BRINGING HAIL TO NEAR GOLFBALL SIZE AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. AT 214 PM PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE STORM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...BETWEEN WALSH AND STONINGTON. AT 215 PM...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALSH. 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 PASSEDt. 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
Local storm report, Jul 3, 12:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO, CO
1230 PM MDT MON JUL 03 1995
TIME(MDT) ...CITY LOCATION... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
..COUNTY LOCATION..
1000 PM 10 S SHERIDAN LAKE CO .75 INCH HAIL
7/02/95 KIOWA
1045 PM 10 NNW HOLLY CO 1.50 INCH HAIL
7/02/95
1214 AM 10 S EADS CO .88 INCH HAIL
7/03/95 KIOWA
1220 AM 6 S EADS CO 1.75 INCH HAIL
7/03/95 KIOWA
1221 AM 10 S EADS CO 1 INCH HAIL
7/03/95 KIOWA
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130 AM 13 N HOLLY CO .75 INCH HAIL
7/03/95 PROWERS
TLMLocal storm report, Jul 3, 12:31 PM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO, CO
1230 PM MDT MON JUL 03 1995
TIME(MDT) ...CITY LOCATION... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
..COUNTY LOCATION..
1000 PM 10 S SHERIDAN LAKE CO .75 INCH HAIL
7/02/95 KIOWA
1045 PM 10 NNW HOLLY CO 1.50 INCH HAIL
7/02/95
1214 AM 10 S EADS CO .88 INCH HAIL
7/03/95 KIOWA
1220 AM 6 S EADS CO 1.75 INCH HAIL
7/03/95 KIOWA
1221 AM 10 S EADS CO 1 INCH HAIL
7/03/95 KIOWA
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130 AM 13 N HOLLY CO .75 INCH HAIL
7/03/95 PROWERS
TLMSpecial weather statement, Jul 3, 1:52 PM MDT, 23 minutes before
COZ075-076-077-032030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 152 PM MDT MON JUL 3 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN BACCA COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE JUST SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF BARTLETT BY 2 PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. AT 145 PM THE STORM WAS BETWEEN WALSH AND STONINGTON...20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORM SHOULD STAY SOUTH OF S160 AS IT MOVES EAST. FORTUNE
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:52 PM MDT, 23 minutes before
COZ075-076-077-081-032030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO UGC AND HEADLINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 152 PM MDT MON JUL 3 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN BACA COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE JUST SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF BARTLETT BY 2 PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. AT 145 PM THE STORM WAS BETWEEN WALSH AND STONINGTON...20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORM SHOULD STAY SOUTH OF US-160 AS IT MOVES EAST. FORTUNE
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:55 PM MDT, 20 minutes before
COZ075-076-077-081-032030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO UGC AND HEADLINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 152 PM MDT MON JUL 3 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN BACA COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE JUST SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF BARTLETT BY 2 PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. AT 145 PM THE STORM WAS BETWEEN WALSH AND STONINGTON...20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORM SHOULD STAY SOUTH OF US-160 AS IT MOVES EAST. FORTUNE
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 2:01 PM MDT, 14 minutes before
COZ060>064-032100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 201 PM MDT MON JUL 3 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SAN LUIS VALLEY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY PASSING OVER THE TOWNS OF CENTER...LA GARITA...MONTEVISTA AND ALAMOSA BETWEEN 2 PM AND 3 PM MDT PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. AT 2 PM THE STORM WAS JUST EAST OF DEL NORTE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. FORTUNE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 9:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 52 min |
| Jul 2, 10:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 11:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 67 min |
| Jul 3, 12:18 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 57 min |
| Jul 3, 1:22 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 30 min |
| Jul 3, 5:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 47 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.