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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 3, 1995Huerfano County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1995, 1:31 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Colorado. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1995, 1:31 PM MDT (19:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1995, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Huerfano County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 286 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 78 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
78 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1004 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 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 031933 RRA
SVRPUB
COC055-032030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
131 PM MDT SAT JUN 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
 
   ...EASTERN HUERFANO COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160 AND AFFECT THE
WALSENBURG AREA BY 220 PM. THIS STORM WILL BRING LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN
AND STRONG WINDS.
 
AT 130 PM PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF LA VETA...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALSENBURG.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NORTHEAST AT r10 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.
 
GTR/JK

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 3, 12:55 PM MDT, 36 minutes before
COZ076-078>080-032000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1255 PM MDT SAT JUN 3 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER OPEN COUNTRY IN EASTERN
CROWLEY...EASTERN OTERO AND WESTERN BENT COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM.

AT 150 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST STORMS 20 MILES
NORTHWEST AND 15 MILES SOUTH OF LAS ANIMAS IN BENT COUNTY. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL AND
SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

LARSON/7
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 12:56 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
COZ076-078>080-032000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1255 PM MDT SAT JUN 3 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER OPEN COUNTRY IN EASTERN
CROWLEY...EASTERN OTERO AND WESTERN BENT COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM.

AT 150 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST STORMS 20 MILES
NORTHWEST AND 15 MILES SOUTH OF LAS ANIMAS IN BENT COUNTY. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL AND
SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

LARSON/7

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, 8:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso55 min
Jun 2, 9:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso60 min
Jun 2, 9:58 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso5 hr
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.