Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1995, 5:14 PM MDT for Crowley County, Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 1995, 5:14 PM MDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1995, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -309 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 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 222314 RRA SVRPUB COC025-061-230000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 514 PM MDT SAT JUL 22 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...EASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY...WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OVER OPEN COUNTRY EAST OF HIGHWAY 71 IN EASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY BEFORE MOVING INTO THE VICINITY OF HASWELL AND ARLINGTON IN WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY BY 535 PM. AT 510 PM MDT...THE SEVERE STORM WAS CENTERED 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF ORDWAY OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARLINGTON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM MAY BECOME TORNADIC WITH LITTLE WARNING. 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. NJL
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 22, 11:25 AM MDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
COZ016-060>081-230600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO COLORADO 1125 AM MDT SAT JUL 22 1995 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES: ALAMOSA BACA BENT CHAFFEE CONEJOS COSTILLA CROWLEY CUSTER EL PASO FREMONT HUERFANO KIOWA LAS ANIMAS MINERAL OTERO PROWERS PUEBLO RIO GRANDE SAGUACHE TELLER SYNOPSIS: ALTHOUGH THE ATMOSPHERE HAS DRIED OUT SOME COMPARED TO THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS ENOUGH MOISTURE REMAINS...AND SUFFICIENT HEATING WILL TAKE PLACE...TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON THAT COULD LAST INTO THE EVENING. AT THIS TIME THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. ALTHOUGH NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THERE IS A CHANCE THAT A THUNDERSTORM IN THE FAR EASTERN OR SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS FOR A BRIEF TIME PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WITH THE LIKELYHOOD OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BEING LOW SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. GTR
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 11:31 AM MDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
COZ016-060>081-230600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO COLORADO 1125 AM MDT SAT JUL 22 1995 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES: ALAMOSA BACA BENT CHAFFEE CONEJOS COSTILLA CROWLEY CUSTER EL PASO FREMONT HUERFANO KIOWA LAS ANIMAS MINERAL OTERO PROWERS PUEBLO RIO GRANDE SAGUACHE TELLER SYNOPSIS: ALTHOUGH THE ATMOSPHERE HAS DRIED OUT SOME COMPARED TO THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS ENOUGH MOISTURE REMAINS...AND SUFFICIENT HEATING WILL TAKE PLACE...TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON THAT COULD LAST INTO THE EVENING. AT THIS TIME THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. ALTHOUGH NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THERE IS A CHANCE THAT A THUNDERSTORM IN THE FAR EASTERN OR SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS FOR A BRIEF TIME PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WITH THE LIKELYHOOD OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BEING LOW SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. GTR
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 2:41 PM MDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
COZ071-072-222145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 241 PM MDT SAT JUL 22 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN EL PASO COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OVER OPEN COUNTRY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 24 AND INTO THE VICINITY OF RAMAH BY 250 PM BRINGING GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 35 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. AT 237 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN PUEBLO INDICATED THE STRONG STORM TO BE LOCATED 5 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF RAMAH IN NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT FOUNTAIN THROUGH 315 PM. FOUNTAIN AREA RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH...BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING. AT 238 PM...PUEBLO RADAR INDICATED THIS THUNDERSTORM TO BE 3 MILES WEST OF FOUNTAIN MOVING EAST AT 12 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. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. NJL
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 4:59 PM MDT, 15 minutes before
COZ073-076-230005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 459 PM MDT SAT JUL 22 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN CROWLEY AND SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTIES... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE MOVING OVER HIGHWAY 71...15 MILES NORTH OF ORDWAY THROUGH 515 PM BEFORE MOVING EASTWARD OVER OPEN COUNTRY. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 35 MPH...HAIL TO 1/2 INCH AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. AT 452 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN PUEBLO INDICATED THE STORM 15 MILES NORTH OF ORDWAY MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM WILL LEAVE CROWLEY COUNTY BY 520 PM MDT. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER HIGHWAY 10 IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST PUEBLO COUNTY...AND WILL CONTINUE ALONG HIGHWAY 10 IN WESTERN OTERO UNTIL AFTER 530 PM. AT 457 PM THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA JUNTA MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR IN PUEBLO. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE...AND BRING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM...YOU ARE URGED TO FIND SHELTER BEFORE IT REACHES YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. NJL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 7:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 36 min |
| Jul 21, 8:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 48 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.