Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1995, 5:50 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1995, 5:50 PM MDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1995, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Las Animas County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 293 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 022352 RRA SVRPUB COC071-030015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 550 PM MDT FRI JUN 2 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ALONG HIGHWAY 160 AND BE NEAR KIM BY 600 PM MDT. AT 550 PM MDT...PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF KIM...BRINGING 3/4 INCH OR LARGER HAIL AND WINDS OVER 60 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. TLM
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, 2:20 PM MDT, 3 hours 30 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, 3 hours 28 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, 3 hours 18 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, 3 hours 16 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, 3:56 PM MDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
COZ067-071-022245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 356 PM MDT FRI JUN 2 1995 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA THROUGH 500 PM MDT...BRINGING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. AT 355 PM MDT...PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY AND IN SOUTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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, 3:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
COZ067-071-022245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 356 PM MDT FRI JUN 2 1995 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA THROUGH 500 PM MDT...BRINGING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. AT 355 PM MDT...PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY AND IN SOUTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLA&CE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. TLM
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, 2:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero, Pueblo | 66 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 |
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.