Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1995, 8:08 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1995, 8:08 PM MDT (02:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1995, 8:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County El Paso County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 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 030210 RRA SVRPUB COC041-030245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 808 PM MDT FRI JUN 2 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO ...NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG HIGHWAY 24 INTO RAMAH BY 830 PM MDT BRINGING HAIL GREATER THAN 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER... DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. AT 805 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS STORM LOCATED 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF CALHAN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAIN FLOODS ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED UNDERPASSES OR FAST MOVING WATER ON ROADS. KT
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, 5 hours 48 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, 5 hours 46 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, 5 hours 36 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, 5 hours 34 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, 4 hours 12 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, 4 hours 10 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, 6:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 57 min |
| Jun 2, 6:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 64 min |
| Jun 2, 7:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 61 min |
| Jun 2, 8:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 55 min |
| Jun 2, 9:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 9:58 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 5 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 59 min |
| Jun 3, 2:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 59 min |
| Jun 3, 3:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 3:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 69 min |
| Jun 3, 3:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 57 min |
| Jun 3, 4:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Otero | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 62 min |
| Jun 3, 4:47 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 5:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 54 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.