Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1995, 8:09 PM MDT for Bent County, Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 51 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 1995, 8:09 PM MDT (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1995, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 8:58 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Mcclave, CO | A tornado briefly touchdown just south of McClave, no damage. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 1552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 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 170210 SVRPUB COC011-061-170300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 809 PM MDT TUE MAY 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...NORTHERN BENT COUNTY...SOUTHERN KIOWA COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN BENT AND SOUTHERN KIOWA COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. AT 805PM THE STORM WAS 5 MILES NORTHW TOF LAS ANIMAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... INCLUDING MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAYS 50 AND 96 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...GO TO AN INDOOR SHELTER... PREFERABLY A STRONG BUILDING...BUT STAY AWrAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, May 16, 4:04 PM MDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
COZ071-072-162305-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
403 PM MDT TUE MAY 16 1995
...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ACROSS THE COUNTY...
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER MUCH OF EL PASO COUNTY OVER THE LAST
30 MINUTES. AT 4:00 PM..WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM
IN EXTREME NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY NEAR CALHAN. WEATHER SPOTTERS IN
CALHAN REPORTED SMALL HAIL WITH THIS STORM. ISOLATED MODERATE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE COUNTY. THESE STORMS
ARE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH.
EXPECT HAIL...GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN NEAR ANY AND ALL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.
BURRILLSpecial weather statement, May 16, 4:41 PM MDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
COZ071-072-162345-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
440 PM MDT TUE MAY 16 1995
...POTENTIAL HEAVY RAIN ACROSS EL PASO COUNTY...
AT 4:30 PM MDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR PEYTON IN
EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND
RAINFALL AT A RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST
AT 20 TO 25 MPH.
PERSONS TRAVELING ACROSS EASTERN EL PASO COUNTYh SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
AREAS OF HIGH WATER ON ROADS...PARTICULARLY IN LOW LYING AREAS...
THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
BURRILLSpecial weather statement, May 16, 5:30 PM MDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
COZ073-170035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 531 PM MDT TUE MAY 16 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER PUEBLO COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHERN PUEBLO
Special weather statement, May 16, 5:31 PM MDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
COZ073-170035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 531 PM MDT TUE MAY 16 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER PUEBLO COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY AT 525 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTH AT 20 MPH AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE CITY OF PUEBLO BY 600 PM. MOTORISTS ALONG I-25 SOUTH OF PUEBLO AS WELL AS PERSONS ACROSS PUEBLO COUNTY SHOULD GO TO SAFE SHELTER AS THESE STORMS "MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. BT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 6:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 40 min |
| May 16, 7:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 42 min |
| May 16, 7:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 48 min |
| May 16, 7:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 45 min |
| May 16, 8:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 45 min |
| May 16, 8:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 30 min |
| May 16, 8:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent | 38 min |
| May 16, 9:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 57 min |
| May 16, 9:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 65 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.