Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1995, 7:22 PM MDT for Crowley County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 30, 1995, 7:22 PM MDT (01:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 1995, 7:59 PM MDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3107 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 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 310123 RRA SVRPUB COC025-089-310230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 722 PM MDT SUN JUL 30 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...CROWLEY COUNTY...NORTHERN OTERO COUNTY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH CROWLEY AND NORTHERN OTERO COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT TOWNS ALONG HIGHWAY 96 IN CROWLEY COUNTY AND HIGHWAY 50 IN OTERO COUNTY AS THEY MOVE WEST TO EAST. AT 721 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF ORDWAY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. REMEMBER THAT OUTFLOW WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS MAY RACE OUT AHEAD OF THE ACTUAL STORM. 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. HAYNES/KALINA
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 30, 4:53 PM MDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
COZ075-077-310025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 453 PM MDT SUN JUL 30 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM AFFECTING HIGHWAY 160 AND AREAS BETWEEN TRINIDAD AND KIM. AT 450 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING 30 MILES EAST OF TRINIDAD ALONG HIGHWAY 160. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE NEAR RATON PASS SOUTH OF TRINIDAD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND SOME MAY PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. BT
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 5:34 PM MDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
COZ073-310035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 534 PM MDT SUN JUL 30 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 530 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PUEBLO COUNTY...MOST NOTABLY 10 AND 15 MILES NORTH OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED TO BE EAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ALONG I-25 ALONG WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ELSEWHERE ACROSS PUEBLO COUNTY THIS EVENING. 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. BT
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 5:59 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
COZ071>073-310050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 559 PM MDT SUN JUL 30 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PUEBLO AND EL PASO COUNTIES... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER SOUTHERN EL PASO AND NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM MDT. AT 559 PM...PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. BT &
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 6:57 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
COZ076-310230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 657 PM MDT SUN JUL 30 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER CROWLEY AND NORTHERN OTERO COUNTIES... WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER CROWLEY AND NORTHERN OTERO COUNTIES FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH 830 PM. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE MUCH RAIN...BUT MAY PRODUCE WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH OR POSSIBLY GREATER AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS THAT WILL MAKE HANDLING DIFFICULT AND ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST THAT WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. RESIDENTS MAY CONSIDER TYING DOWN LOOSE OBJECTS AND STAYING INDOORS TO AVOID FLYING UNTIL THESE STORXMS PASS. &
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 6:57 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
COZ076-310230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR MISSING WORD IN LAST SENTENCE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 657 PM MDT SUN JUL 30 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER CROWLEY AND NORTHERN OTERO COUNTIES... WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER CROWLEY AND NORTHERN OTERO COUNTIES FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH 830 PM. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE MUCH RAIN...BUT MAY PRODUCE WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH OR POSSIBLY GREATER AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS THAT WILL MAKE HANDLING DIFFICULT AND ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST THAT WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. RESIDENTS MAY CONSIDER TYING DOWN LOOSE OBJECTS AND STAYING INDOORS TO AVOID FLYING DEBRIS UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS. HAYNES
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 7:04 PM MDT, 18 minutes before
COZ076-310230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR MISSING WORD IN LAST SENTENCE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 657 PM MDT SUN JUL 30 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER CROWLEY AND NORTHERN OTERO COUNTIES... WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER CROWLEY AND NORTHERN OTERO COUNTIES FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH 830 PM. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE MUCH RAIN...BUT MAY PRODUCE WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH OR POSSIBLY GREATER AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS THAT WILL MAKE HANDLING DIFFICULT AND ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST THAT WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. RESIDENTS MAY CONSIDER TYING DOWN LOOSE OBJECTS AND SvTAYING INDOORS TO AVOID FLYING DEBRIS UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS. HAYNES
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.