Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1995, 2:54 PM MDT for Otero County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1995, 2:54 PM MDT (20:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1995, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 2027 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 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 022057 RRA SVRPUB COC089-101-022200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 254 PM MDT FRI JUN 2 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...OTERO COUNTY...EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH OPEN COUNTRY AND NEAR THE TOWNS OF FOWLER...MANAZOLA...OLNEY SPRINGS...AND LA JUNTA THROUGH 400 PM...BRINGING 3/4 INCH OR LARGER HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 55 MPH. AT 255 PM MDT...PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST 30 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...GO TO A REINFORCED BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, Jun 2, 1:43 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
COZ073-074-022030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 142 PM MDT FRI JUN 2 1995 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM WESTERN HUERFANO COUNTY NORTHEAST OF WALSENBURG OVER OPEN COUNTRY OF SOUTHEAST PUEBLO COUNTY THROUGH 230 PM MDT. THESE STORMS WILL BRING HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THESE STRONG STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER I>MMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:19 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
COZ060-062-068-022110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR UGC CODING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 219 PM MDT FRI JUN 2 1995 SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...AND PASS NEAR SAGUACHE IN SAGUACHE COUNTY AND NEAR COALDALE IN FREMONT COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM MDT. THESE STRONG STORMS WILL LIKELY BRING HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. TLM
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:20 PM MDT, 34 minutes before
COZ060-062-022110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 219 PM MDT FRI JUN 2 1995 SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...AND PASS NEAR SAGUACHE IN SAGUACHE COUNTY AND NEAR COALDALE IN FREMONT COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM MDT. THESE STRONG STORMS WILL LIKELY BRING HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACzHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. TLM
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:22 PM MDT, 32 minutes before
COZ060-062-068-022110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR UGC CODING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 219 PM MDT FRI JUN 2 1995 SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...AND PASS NEAR SAGUACHE IN SAGUACHE COUNTY AND NEAR COALDALE IN FREMONT COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM MDT. THESE STRONG STORMS WILL LIKELY BRING HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF S~HELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. TLM
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:32 PM MDT, 22 minutes before
COZ075-022135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 232 PM MDT FRI JUN 2 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING TRINIDAD... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE VICINITY OF TRINIDAD BY 300 PM. AT 230 PM DOPPLER RADAR IN PUEBLO INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRINIDAD. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. GTR
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:34 PM MDT, 20 minutes before
COZ075-022135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 232 PM MDT FRI JUN 2 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING TRINIDAD... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE VICINITY OF TRINIDAD BY 300 PM. AT 230 PM DOPPLER RADAR IN PUEBLO INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRINIDAD. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. GTR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 51 min |
| Jun 2, 3:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 64 min |
| Jun 2, 3:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 56 min |
| Jun 2, 4:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 59 min |
| Jun 2, 4:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 69 min |
| Jun 2, 4:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 67 min |
| Jun 2, 4:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 68 min |
| Jun 2, 5:20 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent | 25 min |
| Jun 2, 5:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 5:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 5:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 25 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.