Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 11, 1995, 2:24 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 11, 1995, 2:24 PM MDT (20:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 1995, 2:53 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1749 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 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 112025 SVRPUB COC101-112115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 224 PM MDT MON SEP 11 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS PUEBLO WEST AT 220 PM MDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE CITY OF PUEBLO BY 245 PM...AND THROUGH THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF PUEBLO INCLUDING BLENDE. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS OPEN COUNTRY OF EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY. HAIL TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED FROM THE THUNDERSTORM IN PUEBLO WEST. STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF YOU SEE SEVERE WEATHER...WHICH IS 3/4 INCH OR LARGER DIAMETER HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH OR A TORNADO...CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCZEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO. 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, Sep 11, 12:38 PM MDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
COZ067-071-072-111945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1236 PM MDT MON SEP 11 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY NEAR MONUMENT HILL... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED BY DOPPLER RADAR OVER NORTHERN TELLER AND EL PASO COUNTIES AT 1230 PM. ONE OF THE STRONGEST STORMS WAS LOCATEOVER MONUMENT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH...AND WILL TRA OVER THE AREA BETWEEN MONUMENT AND BLACK FOREST THROUGH 1 PM. A SPOTTER IN MONUMENT REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL AND MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES UP TO A HALF INCH AN HOUR WITH THIS STORM. AREAS OF URBAN LOWLAND FLOODING...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. VEHICLES SHOULD NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. &
Special weather statement, Sep 11, 1:03 PM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
COZ068-071-072-111945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 103 PM MDT MON SEP 11 1995 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR CANON CITY TO THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA AT 1 PM... AT 1 PM MDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ORGANIZING FROM CANON CITY TO COLORADO SPRINGS. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE OPEN COUNTRY OF EL PASO COUNTY AND EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY THROUGH 145 PM MDT. TOWNS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE COLORADO SPRINGS...CANON CITY...FOUNTAIN...SECURITY AND WIDEFIELD...AND THE FALCON AND PEYTON AREA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS EASTERN FREMONT AND EL PASO COUNTIES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS OR UNDERPASSES. &
Special weather statement, Sep 11, 1:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
COZ068-071-072-111945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 103 PM MDT MON SEP 11 1995 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR CANON CITY TO THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA AT 1 PM... AT 1 PM MDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ORGANIZING FROM CANON CITY TO COLORADO SPRINGS. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE OPEN COUNTRY OF EL PASO COUNTY AND EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY THROUGH 145 PM MDT. TOWNS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE COLORADO SPRINGS...CANON CITY...FOUNTAIN...SECURITY AND WIDEFIELD...AND THE FALCON AND PEYTON AREA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS EASTERN FREMONT AND EL PASO COUNTIES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS OR UND<ERPASSES. &
Special weather statement, Sep 11, 1:21 PM MDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
COZ068-073-067-071-072-112030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 121 PM MDT MON SEP 11 1995 ...A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS APPROACHING PUEBLO COUNTY... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CANON CITY IN EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY TO NEAR CALHAN IN NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY. THESE STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY PASS THROUGH FREMONT AND EL PASO COUNTIES...AND INTO NO HPUEBLO COUNTY THROUGH 145 PM MDT. TOWNS TO BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE CANON CITY...FLORENCE... PENROSE...PUEBLO WEST...PUEBLO...SECURITY...WIDEFIELD...ELLICOTT AND YODER. VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS IT CONTINUES MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS OR UNDERPASSES.
Special weather statement, Sep 11, 1:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
COZ068-073-067-071-072-112030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 121 PM MDT MON SEP 11 1995 ...A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS APPROACHING PUEBLO COUNTY... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CANON CITY IN EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY TO NEAR CALHAN IN NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY. THESE STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY PASS THROUGH FREMONT AND EL PASO COUNTIES...AND INTO NO HPUEBLO COUNTY THROUGH 145 PM MDT. TOWNS TO BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE CANON CITY...FLORENCE... PENROSE...PUEBLO WEST...PUEBLO...SECURITY...WIDEFIELD...ELLICOTT AND YODER. VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTYh WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS IT CONTINUES MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS OR UNDERPASSES.
Special weather statement, Sep 11, 2:00 PM MDT, 24 minutes before
COZ073-076-078-112105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 200 PM MDT MON SEP 11 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS WERE MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN PUEBLO...WESTERN KIOWA...CROWLEY AND NORTHERN OTERO COUNTIES... STRONG WINDS PRODUCED BY RAIN COOLED AIR FROM THUNDERSTORMS...KNOWN AS OUTFLOW...WILL BE CAUSING WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH OVER THE NORTHERN PARTS OF PUEBLO COUNTY...ALONG WITH WESTERN KIOWA...CROWLEY AND NORTHERN OTERO COUNTIES. TOWNS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE ALL TOWNS ALONG HIGHWAY 50 FROM PUEBLO TO LA JUNTA. IN ADDITION THESE OUTFLOW WINDS WILL SPREAD OUT OVER THE OPEN COUNTRY OF WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY. ALONG WITH THE STRONG GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OVER THESE AREAS...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...HAIL UP TO A HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING...WILL TRACK OVER NORTHERN PUEBLO AND CROWLEY COUNTIES...AND WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM MDT. TOWNS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PUEBLO...BLENDE...AVONDALE...DIVINE AND BOONE. OVER KIOWA COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK OVER HIGHWAY 96 FROM ARLINGTON TO EADS... INCLUDING THE TOWN OF HASWELL.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 6:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 56 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.