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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 15, 1995Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1995, 6:00 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1995, 6:00 PM MDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1995, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Kiowa County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 1995-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 82 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 1995-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
82 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3614 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPUB 160002
SVRPUB
COC061-160030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
600 PM MDT MON MAY 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN KIOWA
COUNTY AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AT 6 PM THE STORM EXTENDS FROM TOWNER
SOUTHWEST TO THE PROWERS COUNTY LINE. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND HIGH WINDS.
 
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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 6:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent24 min
May 16, 5:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo54 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.