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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 3, 1995Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1995, 3:48 PM MDT for Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 57 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1995, 3:48 PM MDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1995, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Otero County, CO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 4:25 PM MDTTornado F0La Junta, COTornado in open country with no known damage.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 223 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 032150 RRA
SVRPUB
COC089-032245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
348 PM MDT SAT JUN 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
 
   ...OTERO COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS HIGHWAY 10 IN WESTERN OTERO
COUNTY BY 415 PM MDT.
 
AT 345 PM MDT...PUEBLO DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA JUNTA IN OTERO COUNTY. STORM
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH 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.
 
LARSON/7

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, 2 hours 53 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, 2 hours 52 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, 2:24 PM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
COZ068-070-073-032125-

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

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WET MOUNTAINS...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH ALONG HIGHWAY 67
BETWEEN WETMORE AND FLORENCE BY 300 PM MDT.

AT 220 PM MDT...PUEBLO DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THE STORM 4 MILES
WEST OF WETMORE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.

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

LARSON
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:25 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
COZ068-070-073-032125-

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

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WET MOUNTAINS...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH ALONG HIGHWAY 67
BETWEEN WETMORE AND FLORENCE BY 300 PM MDT.

AT 220 PM MDT...PUEBLO DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THE STORM 4 MILES
WEST OF WETMORE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUST>Y WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.

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

LARSON

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, 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, 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

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.