Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 1995, 5:51 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 1995, 5:51 PM MDT (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 1995, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Las Animas County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 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 182351 RRA SVRPUB COC071-190030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 551 PM MDT TUE JUL 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...NORTHERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OVER HIGHWAY 10 IN EXTREME NORTHERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY AROUND 600 PM MDT...AND THEN INTO OPEN COUNTRY BETWEEN HIGHWAYS 10 AND 350 THROUGH 630 PM MDT. DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN PUEBLO SHOWED THIS THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 20 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF WALSENBURG...OVER HIGHWAY 10...OR 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF THATCHER. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE WARNING. GO TO A STRONG BUILDING AND GET TO THE LOWEST LEVEL AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LIGHTNING IS A DANGER WITH EVERY THUNDERSTORM...SO TRY TO GET INDOORS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE... GET IN A VEHICLE...DO NOT TOUCH METAL OBJECTS...AND AVOID WATER. SC
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 18, 3:48 PM MDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
COZ016-062-065-182245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 348 PM MDT TUE JUL 18 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SAGUACHE AND CHAFFEE COUNTY... SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN CHAFFEE AND EASTERN SAGUACHE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING. AT 345 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED ONE STRONG STORM JUST WEST OF SALIDA. OTHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY COVERED EASTERN SAGUACHE COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. KT
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 4:04 PM MDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
COZ073-182300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 405 PM MDT TUE JUL 18 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY TO NEAR BEULAH BETWEEN 415 AND 430 PM MDT AND APPROACHING I-25 SOUTH OF PUEBLO AROUND 500 PM MDT. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE HAIL LESS THAN 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN. AT 405 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEULAH. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM IS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. KT
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 4:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
COZ073-182300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 405 PM MDT TUE JUL 18 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY TO NEAR BEULAH BETWEEN 415 AND 430 PM MDT AND APPROACHING I-25 SOUTH OF PUEBLO AROUND 500 PM MDT. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE HAIL LESS THAN 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN. AT 405 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEULAH. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM IS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. KT
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 4:26 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
COZ075-077-079-080-081-182330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 427 PM MDT TUE JUL 18 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...SOUTHERN BENT COUNTY...SOUTHERN PROWERS COUNTY AND NORTHERN BACA COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ALONG HIGHWAY 160 IN SOUTHERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...AND OVER OPEN COUNTRY TO THE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 160 IN BACA COUNTY. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL ENTER SOUTHERN BENT COUNTY AS WELL AS SOUTHERN PROWERS COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IDIAMETER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. AT 423 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THESE STORMS EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF TRINIDAD EASTWARD ALONG HIGHWAY 160. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF KIM WITH ANOTHER STRONG CELL LOCATED 15 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. KT
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 4:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
COZ075-077-079-080-081-182330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 427 PM MDT TUE JUL 18 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...SOUTHERN BENT COUNTY...SOUTHERN PROWERS COUNTY AND NORTHERN BACA COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ALONG HIGHWAY 160 IN SOUTHERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...AND OVER OPEN COUNTRY TO THE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 160 IN BACA COUNTY. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL ENTER SOUTHERN BENT COUNTY AS WELL AS SOUTHERN PROWERS COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IDIAMETER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. AT 423 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THESE STORMS EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF TRINIDAD EASTWARD ALONG HIGHWAY 160. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF KIM WITH ANOTHER STRONG CELL LOCATED 15 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. KT
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 5:40 PM MDT, 11 minutes before
COZ080-081-190045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 540 PM MDT TUE JUL 18 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PROWERS AND EXTREME NORTHERN BACA COUNTY THIS EVENING... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL...LOCAL HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL TRACK OVER THE OPEN COUNTRY OF PROWERS COUNTY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 AND OVER THE OPEN COUNTRY OF EXTREME NORTHERN BACA COUNTY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 116 UNTIL 630 PM MDT. AT 535 PM MDT...ONE OF TWO STORMS WAS 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRANADA IN SOUTHERN PROWERS COUNTY WHILE THE OTHER WAS 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF TWO BUTTES IN EXTREME NORTHERN BACA COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 3:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 45 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.