Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1995, 9:29 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1995, 9:29 PM MDT (03:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1995, 10:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Las Animas County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 293 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
- 98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KPUB 050334 RRB SVRPUB COC071-050430- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTION SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 929 PM MDT SUN JUN 4 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS HIGHWAY 109 IN THE VICINITY OF KIM BY 945 PM MDT. AT 929 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERTHUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF KIM. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST 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. "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 4, 6:49 PM MDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
COZ073-074-076-077-050150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 649 PM MDT SUN JUN 4 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL 800 PM MDT... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST PUEBLO COUNTY...EASTERN HUERFANO COUNTY AND NORTH-CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BY 700 PM MDT. THIS LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN MOVE INTO WESTERN OTERO COUNTY BY 730 PM MDT. AT 646 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE NORTHERN LINE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PUEBLO WHILE THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LINE WAS 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF TRINIDAD. MOVEMENT OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING ARE OBSERVED...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. "7"
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:52 PM MDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
COZ073-074-076-077-050150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 649 PM MDT SUN JUN 4 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL 800 PM MDT... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST PUEBLO COUNTY...EASTERN HUERFANO COUNTY AND NORTH-CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BY 700 PM MDT. THIS LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN MOVE INTO WESTERN OTERO COUNTY BY 730 PM MDT. AT 646 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE NORTHERN LINE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PUEBLO WHILE THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LINE WAS 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF TRINIDAD. MOVEMENT OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING ARE OBSERVED...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. "7"
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
COZ076-050235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 730 PM MDT SUN JUN 4 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN COLORADO INCLUDING CROWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM MDT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS OPEN COUNTRY IN NORTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY THROUGH 830 PM MDT. AT 730 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES NORTHWEST AND 20 MILES NORTH OF ORDWAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING ARE OBSERVED...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. "7"
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:32 PM MDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
COZ076-050235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 730 PM MDT SUN JUN 4 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN COLORADO INCLUDING CROWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM MDT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS OPEN COUNTRY IN NORTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY THROUGH 830 PM MDT. AT 730 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES NORTHWEST AND 20 MILES NORTH OF ORDWAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING ARE OBSERVED...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. "7"
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 8:13 PM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
COZ071>081-050315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 813 PM MDT SUN JUN 4 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO EXPIRED AT 800 PM MDT... ...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR EL PASO COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CROWLEY...OTERO AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. HOWEVER...ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE BELOW SEVERE LIMITS AND THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS EXPIRED. AT 810 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF ORDWAY TO 20 MILES WEST OF ORDWAY TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF LA JUNTA. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING ARE OBSERVED...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. "7"
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 8:15 PM MDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
COZ071>081-050315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 813 PM MDT SUN JUN 4 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO EXPIRED AT 800 PM MDT... ...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR EL PASO COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CROWLEY...OTERO AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. HOWEVER...ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE BELOW SEVERE LIMITS AND THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS EXPIRED. AT 810 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF ORDWAY TO 20 MILES WEST OF ORDWAY TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF LA JUNTA. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER XCONDITIONS AND IF HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING ARE OBSERVED...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. "7"
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 61 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.