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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 2, 1995El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1995, 8:35 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1995, 8:35 PM MDT (02:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1995, 9:30 PM MDT
In force
55 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, 2.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1995-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1995-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPUB 030236 RRA
SVRPUB
COC041-030330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
835 PM MDT FRI JUN 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
 
   ...CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO SECURITY AND FOUNTAIN
BY 845 PM MDT. THESE STORMS WILL BRING HEAVY RAIN...HAIL GREATER
THAN 3/4 INCH AND STRONG WINDS.
 
AT 835 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THESE STORMS 7 MILES
EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 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.
 
 
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, 3:56 PM MDT, 4 hours 39 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 37 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 6:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa57 min
Jun 2, 6:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso64 min
Jun 2, 7:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas, Otero61 min
Jun 2, 8:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso37 min
Jun 2, 9:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso60 min
Jun 2, 9:58 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso5 hr
Jun 3, 1:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano59 min
Jun 3, 2:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero59 min
Jun 3, 3:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent45 min
Jun 3, 3:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo69 min
Jun 3, 3:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero57 min
Jun 3, 4:32 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBOtero58 min
Jun 3, 4:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent62 min
Jun 3, 4:47 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBPueblo3 hr
Jun 3, 4:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo58 min
Jun 3, 5:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero54 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.