Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 1995, 3:08 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 1995, 3:08 PM MDT (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 1995, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kiowa County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1458 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 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 202110 RRA SVRPUB COC061-202200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 308 PM MDT THU JUL 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR EADS BETWEEN 320 AND 335 PM MDT. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HAIL GREATER THAN THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN. AT 305 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF EADS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DAMAGING WINDS WELL OVER 60 MPH. 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 VEHIpCLE...DO NOT TOUCH METAL OBJECTS...AND AVOID WATER.
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 20, 1:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
COZ071-072-202025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 122 PM MDT THU JUL 20 1995 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EL PASO COUNTY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH 215 PM MDT. AT 120 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 5 MILES NORTH OF MONUMENT AND 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF FALCON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MAY PRODUCE 1/4 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. "7"
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 1:42 PM MDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
COZ073-202045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 142 PM MDT THU JUL 20 1995 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PUEBLO COUNTY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PUEBLO COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM MDT. AT 142 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO WEST. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MAY PRODUCE 1/4 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO. "7"
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 2:21 PM MDT, 47 minutes before
COZ071>073-202125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 222 PM MDT THU JUL 20 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EL PASO COUNTY AND PUEBLO COUNTY THROUGH 315 PM MDT... A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR PINON AND I-25 NORTH OF PUEBLO BETWEEN 245 AND 315 PM MDT. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN OF 3/4 TO ONE INCH PER HOUR...HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. AT 215 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS STORM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF PUEBLO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...WILL MOVE ACROSS PUEBLO AND EL PASO COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM MDT. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BRING HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE DURING A LIGHTNING STORM...FIND A LOW SPOT. SHELTER YOURSELF UNDER SHORTER TREES. AVOID ISOLATED...TALL TREES. STAY AWAY FROM WATER...POWER POLES AND METAL OBJECTS... SUCH AS A FENCE ROW OR GOLF CLUBS. IF IN A GROUP...STAY APART. IF SOMEONE IS STRUCK...OTHERS WILL BE ABLE TO HELP THE VICTIM.
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 2:22 PM MDT, 46 minutes before
COZ071>073-202125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 222 PM MDT THU JUL 20 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EL PASO COUNTY AND PUEBLO COUNTY THROUGH 315 PM MDT... A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR PINON AND I-25 NORTH OF PUEBLO BETWEEN 245 AND 315 PM MDT. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN OF 3/4 TO ONE INCH PER HOUR...HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. AT 215 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS STORM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF PUEBLO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...WILL MOVE ACROSS PUEBLO AND EL PASO COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM MDT. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BRING HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE DURING A LIGHTNING STORM...FIND A LOW SPOT. SHELTER YOURSELF UNDER SHORTER TREES. AVOID ISOLATED...TALL TREES. STAY AWAY FROM WATER...POWER POLES AND METAL OBJECTS... SUCH AS A FENCE ROW OR GOLF CLUBS. IF IN A GROUP...STAY APART. IF SOMEONE IS STRUCK...OTHERS WILL BE ABLE TO HELP THE VICTIM.
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 2:47 PM MDT, 21 minutes before
COZ078-202150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 248 PM MDT THU JUL 20 1995 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO KIOWA COUNTY THROUGH 345 PM MDT... A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS HIGHWAY 287 NEAR EADS AROUND 325 PM MDT. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. AT 245 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF EADS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY. DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN OCCUR WITH ALL THUNDERSTORMS. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES... GET INDOORS OR0 IN A VEHICLE. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM THE STORM...WHERE IT IS NOT RAINING AND WHERE YOU MAY BE.
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 2:48 PM MDT, 20 minutes before
COZ078-202150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 248 PM MDT THU JUL 20 1995 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO KIOWA COUNTY THROUGH 345 PM MDT... A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS HIGHWAY 287 NEAR EADS AROUND 325 PM MDT. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. AT 245 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF EADS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY. DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN OCCUR WITH ALL THUNDERSTORMS. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES... GET INDOORS OR IN A VEHICLE. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM THE STORM...WHERE IT IS NOT RAINING AND WHERE YOU MAY BE.
Nearby
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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.