Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1995, 7:52 PM MDT for Crowley County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 68 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 7, 1995, 7:52 PM MDT (01:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1995, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:21 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Crowley, CO | Brief tornado touchdown reported by the Department of Corrections caused 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 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 581 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1435 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPUB 080154 RRA SVRPUB COC025-089-080300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 752 PM MDT WED JUN 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...CROWLEY COUNTY...NORTHERN OTERO COUNTY AT 750 PM MDT...A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER WESTERN OTERO AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST PUEBLO COUNTIES FROM 25 MILES WEST OF LA JUNTA TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA JUNTA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE OVER COMMUNITES ALONG HIGHWAY 50 FROM FOWLER TO ROCKY FORD BY 815 PM...AND INTO THE ORDWAY AREA BY 830 PM. 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.
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 7, 6:41 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
COZ076-080130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 641 PM MDT WED JUN 7 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM HEADING FOR ORDWAY... AT 640 PM MDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AT PUEBLO INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER HIGHWAY 50 NEAR MANZANOLA IN EXTREME NORTHERN OTERO COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CROWLEY COUNTY AND THE ORDWAY AREA BY 715 PM. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN CROWLEY COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING FROM THIS STORM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BT
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:42 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
COZ076-080130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 641 PM MDT WED JUN 7 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM HEADING FOR ORDWAY... AT 640 PM MDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AT PUEBLO INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER HIGHWAY 50 NEAR MANZANOLA IN EXTREME NORTHERN OTERO COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CROWLEY COUNTY AND THE ORDWAY AREA BY 715 PM. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN CROWLEY COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING FROM THIS STORM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BT
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:55 PM MDT, 57 minutes before
COZ074-080200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 655 PM MDT WED JUN 7 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WALSENBURG... AT 653 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 3 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF WALSENBURG IN HUERFANO COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO STAY MAINLY EAST OF WALSENBURG AS IT MOVES INTO THE NORTHEAST PART OF HUERFANO COUNTY. RESIDENTS IN HUERFANO COUNTY IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE READY FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. BT
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:41 PM MDT, 11 minutes before
COZ073-074-076-080230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 741 PM MDT WED JUN 7 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING HIGHWAY 50... AT 735 PM MDT...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST HUERFANO...EASTERN PUEBLO AND OTERO COUNTIES MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT COMMUNITIES ALONG HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN PUEBLO AND LA JUNTA AS WELL AS RESIDENTS OF CROWELY COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. EARLIER THIS EVENING...JUST BEFORE 700 PM...A BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED TO THE MEDIA OVER SOUTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY SOUTH OF ORDWAY. BT STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:42 PM MDT, 10 minutes before
COZ073-074-076-080230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 741 PM MDT WED JUN 7 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING HIGHWAY 50... AT 735 PM MDT...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST HUERFANO...EASTERN PUEBLO AND OTERO COUNTIES MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT COMMUNITIES ALONG HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN PUEBLO AND LA JUNTA AS WELL AS RESIDENTS OF CROWELY COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. EARLIER THIS EVENING...JUST BEFORE 700 PM...A BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED TO THE MEDIA OVER SOUTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY SOUTH OF ORDWAY. BT STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:43 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
COZ073-074-076-080230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 741 PM MDT WED JUN 7 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING HIGHWAY 50... AT 735 PM MDT...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST HUERFANO...EASTERN PUEBLO AND OTERO COUNTIES MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT COMMUNITIES ALONG HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN PUEBLO AND LA JUNTA AS WELL AS RESIDENTS OF CROWELY COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. EARLIER THIS EVENING...JUST BEFORE 700 PM...A BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED TO THE MEDIA OVER SOUTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY SOUTH OF ORDWAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Otero | 29 min |
| Jun 7, 8:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 29 min |
| Jun 7, 9:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 56 min |
| Jun 7, 9:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 56 min |
| Jun 7, 9:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 9:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 67 min |
| Jun 7, 10:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 62 min |
| Jun 7, 11:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 2:27 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 3:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 52 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.