Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1995, 5:28 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1995, 5:28 PM MDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1995, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baca County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 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 032328 RRA SVRPUB COC009-040015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 528 PM MDT MON JUL 3 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...EASTERN BACA COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE EAST AT 30 MPH ALONG HIGHWAY 116 AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 160. THE SEVERE STORM WILL PASS NORTH OF BARLETT BETWEEN 545 PM AND 600 PM. AT 527 PM...PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE STORM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...LIKELY BRINGING 3/4 INCH OR LARGER HAIL. 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.
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 3, 4:03 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
COZ068-070-073-074-076-032305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 403 PM MDT MON JUL 3 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS TO MOVE THROUGH PUEBLO BETWEEN 400 PM AND 500 PM... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE QUICKLY EAST AT 40 MPH FROM SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH PUEBLO...SOUTH TO AROUND WALSENBURG. SEVERAL REPORTS OF 50 MPH WINDS NEAR BEULAH...FLORENCE...AND PUEBLO WEST...HAVE COME INTO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT PUEBLO. THESE WINDS ARE CAPABLE OF BRINGING DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND CARRY LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS THROUGH THE AIR. BOATERS ON THE PUEBLO RESERVOIR SHOULD BE OFF THE WATER AS WIND SWEPT WAVES WILL BE QUITE HIGH THROUGH 500 PM. MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD DELAY TRAVELING UNTIL THE HIGH WINDS DIMINISH THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE OPEN WATERS OF THE RECREATIONAL LAKES CHOPPY AND HAZARDOUS TODAY. TLM
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:18 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
COZ071-072-032320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 418 PM MDT MON JUL 3 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME STRONG WINDS IN EL PASO COUNTY... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY AT 415 PM...WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST WEST OF MONUMENT...SOUTH TO THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY...AS SHOWN BY DOPPLER RADAR...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. TLM
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:42 PM MDT, 46 minutes before
COZ076-032330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 442 PM MDT MON JUL 3 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS WILL MOVE THROUGH CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES BEFORE 530 PM... A LINE OFF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH...HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN 445 PM AND 530 PM. THESE GUSTY WINDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT THAT IS RACING THROUGH THE AREA...THE STRONGEST STORM SHOWN BY PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR AT 438 PM...WAS 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...ALONG HIGHWAY 10. THIS STORM WAS LIKELY BRINGING HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD DELAY TRAVELING UNTIL THE HIGH WINDS DIMINISH. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE OPEN WATERS OF THE RECREATIONAL LAKES CHOPPY AND HAZARDOUS TODAY. IF YOU LIVE IN CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES...YOU SHOULD SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS IN ADVANCE OF THESE STORMS. TLM
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:53 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
COZ071-072-032340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 453 PM MDT MON JUL 3 1995 ...GUSTY WINDS IN COLORADO SPRINGS WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM... AT 440 PM...A 46 MPH WIND GUST WAS RECORDED IN EASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS AT THE OLD AIRPORT SITE. GUSTY WINDS...RANGING BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...AFFECTING FALCON...PEYTON... CALHAN...ELLICOT...YODER...RUSH...AND TRUCKTON. SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO BE SEEN WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. BETWEEN 400 PM AND 430 PM...PEA SIZE HAIL WAS SEEN IN THE MONUMENT AND BLACK FOREST AREA IN NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. TLM
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:21 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
COZ078>081-040055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 521 PM MDT MON JUL 3 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST COLORADO BETWEEN 520 PM AND 630 PM... AT 515 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN PUEBLO SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT TO ENTER KIOWA AND BENT COUNTIES...AND IN EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH HAVE BEEN COMMON WITH THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH PEA SIZE HAIL. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED IN NORTHERN BACA COUNTY...10 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD AT 515 PM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 25 MPH...AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER OR LESS AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE OPEN WATERS OF THE RECREATIONAL LAKES...INCLUDING THE JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR CHOPPY AND HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING. TLM
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:22 PM MDT, 6 minutes before
COZ078>081-040055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 521 PM MDT MON JUL 3 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST COLORADO BETWEEN 520 PM AND 630 PM... AT 515 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN PUEBLO SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT TO ENTER KIOWA AND BENT COUNTIES...AND IN EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH HAVE BEEN COMMON WITH THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH PEA SIZE HAIL. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED IN NORTHERN BACA COUNTY...10 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD AT 515 PM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 25 MPH...AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER OR LESS AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE OPEN WATERS OF THE RECREATIONAL LAKES...INCLUDING THE JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR CHOPPY AND HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING. TLM
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, 2:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 30 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.