Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 1995, 7:49 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 21, 1995, 7:49 PM MDT (01:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 1995, 8:25 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baca County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 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
- 2017 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1796 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPUB 220150 RRA SVRPUB COC009-220225- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 749 PM MDT FRI JUL 21 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...EASTERN BACA COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OVER WALSH IN EASTERN BACA COUNTY BETWEEN 745 AND 800 PM MDT AND WILL MOVE THROUGH BARTLET BETWEEN 810 AND 825 PM MDT. THESE STORM WILL PRODUCE HAIL GREATER THAN 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. AT 845 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS STORM LOCATED OVER WALSH. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST 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 VEHICLE...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
Local storm report, Jul 21, 2:32 PM MDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO, CO
231 PM MDT FRI JUL 21 1995
TIME(MDT) ...CITY LOCATION... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
..COUNTY LOCATION..
335 PM 1 NW EADS CO .75 INCH HAIL
7/20/95 KIOWA
TLMSpecial weather statement, Jul 21, 2:57 PM MDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
COZ071>073-212200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 258 PM MDT FRI JUL 21 1995 ...STORMS CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS EL PASO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EL PASO COUNTY AND PUEBLO COUNTY AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE COLORADO SPRINGS METRO AREA...FALCON AND PEYTON IN EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM MDT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER OPEN COUNTRY NORTH OF HIGWAY 96 AND EAST OF I-25 IN NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM MDT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...AS WELL AS DEADLY LIGHTNING. AT 350 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER PEYTON...8 MILES EAST OF CALHAN AND OVER THE COLORADO SPRINGS METRO AREA EL PASO COUNTY. ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH OF BOONE IN NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY WITH WEAKER STORMS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF BOONE. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. IF YOU FEEL YOUR SKIN TINGLE OR YOUR HAIR STAND ON END... LIGHTNING MAY BE ABOUT TO STRIKE YOU. CROUCH DOWN NEAR THE GROUND... MAKING CONTACT ONLY WITH YOUR TOES AND KNEES. PUT YOUR HANDS ON THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. KT
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 2:58 PM MDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
COZ071>073-212200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 258 PM MDT FRI JUL 21 1995 ...STORMS CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS EL PASO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EL PASO COUNTY AND PUEBLO COUNTY AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE COLORADO SPRINGS METRO AREA...FALCON AND PEYTON IN EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM MDT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER OPEN COUNTRY NORTH OF HIGWAY 96 AND EAST OF I-25 IN NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM MDT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...AS WELL AS DEADLY LIGHTNING. AT 350 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER PEYTON...8 MILES EAST OF CALHAN AND OVER THE COLORADO SPRINGS METRO AREA EL PASO COUNTY. ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH OF BOONE IN NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY WITH WEAKER STORMS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF BOONE. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. IF YOU FEEL YOUR SKIN TINGLE OR YOUR HAIR STAND ON END... LIGHTNING MAY BE ABOUT TO STRIKE YOU. CROUCH DOWN NEAR THE GROUND... MAKING CONTACT ONLY WITH YOUR TOES AND KNEES. PUT YOUR HANDS ON THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. KT
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 3:26 PM MDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
COZ081-212230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 326 PM MDT FRI JUL 21 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING OVER BACA COUNTY... A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ALONG HIGHWAY 160 EAST OF SPRINGFIELD AND WILL AFFECT WALSH BY 400 PM AND WILL MOVE OVER BARTLETT BY 415 PM MDT. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH...AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH AS WELL AS DEADLY LIGHTNING. AT 325 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS STORM 5 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 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. KT
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 3:56 PM MDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
COZ060-062-212300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 356 PM MDT FRI JUL 21 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER SAGUACHE COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 114 OVER OPEN COUNTRY THROUGH 545 PM MDT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. AT 355 PM MDT...PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THESE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 2 MILES WEST OF SAGUACHE TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAGUACHE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. IF YOU FEEL YOUR SKIN TINGLE OR YOUR HAIR STAND ON END... LIGHTNING MAY BE ABOUT TO STRIKE YOU. CROUCH LOW TO THE GROUND... MAKING CONTACT ONLY WITH THE BALLS OF YOUR FEET. PUT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR KNEES WITH YOUR HEAD BETWEEN THEM. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 4:07 PM MDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
COZ074-212310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 407 PM MDT FRI JUL 21 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN HUERFANO COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING 18 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF WALSENBURG AND WILL MOVE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 69 TO NEAR WALSENGURG BETWEEN 420 AND 440 PM MDT. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH AS WELL AS FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. AT 405 PM MDT...PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 22 MILES WEST OF WALSENBURG TO 10 WEST NORTHWEST OF WALSENBURG. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. IF YOU FEEL YOUR SKIN TINGLE OR YOUR HAIR STAND ON END... LIGHTNING MAY BE ABOUT TO STRIKE YOU. CROUCH LOW TO THE GROUND... MAKING CONTACT ONLY WITH THE BALLS OF YOUR FEET. PUT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR KNEES WITH YOUR HEAD BETWEEN THEM. KT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 8:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 48 min |
| Jul 22, 5:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa | 46 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.