Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1995, 6:55 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 20 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1995, 6:55 PM MDT (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1995, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County El Paso County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3977 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPUB 150056 RRA SVRPUB COC041-150115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 655 PM MDT WED JUN 14 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO ...NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ALONG HIGHWAY 24 IN EXTREME NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY BETWEEN 655 AND 715 PM AFFECTING RAMAH AND SIMLA. AT 650 PM...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS MOVING NORTEAST AT 20 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...GO TO A REINFORCED BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAI6L...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 14, 2:07 PM MDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
COZ060-062-065-142200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 207 PM MDT WED JUN 14 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SAGUACHE COUNTY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...WILL MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN SAGUACHE COUNTY THROUGH 4 PM AND AFFECT SAGUACHE...BONANZA...VILLA GROVE...MOFFAT AND CRESTONE. AT 205 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST STORM NEAR SAGUACHE. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES BY 3 PM. RUBIN
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
COZ071>075-150040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 504 PM MDT WED JUN 14 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT FROM SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS... WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE FOUND OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO MOVING OUT FROM THE FOOTHILLS. AT 500 PM MDT...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR FOUNTAIN IN EL PASO COUNTY...AND NEAR COLORADO CITY IN PUEBLO COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. MOTORISTS ALONG INTERSTATE 25 SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER BRIEF HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN 500 PM AND 730 PM THIS EVENING. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. BT
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:02 PM MDT, 53 minutes before
COZ073-076-150045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 602 PM MDT WED JUN 14 1995 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH OVER THE OPEN COUNTRY OF EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY BETWEEN 600 AND 645 PM MDT... STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL SPREAD OVER THE OPEN COUNTRY OF EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN 600 AND 645 PM MDT. AT 600 PM MDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF PUEBLO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THOSE OF YOU LIVING IN EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE WIND NOW. IN ADDITION TO THE WIND...THIS STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE A BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOUR AND SMALL HAIL.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:03 PM MDT, 52 minutes before
COZ073-076-150045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 602 PM MDT WED JUN 14 1995 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH OVER THE OPEN COUNTRY OF EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY BETWEEN 600 AND 645 PM MDT... STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL SPREAD OVER THE OPEN COUNTRY OF EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN 600 AND 645 PM MDT. AT 600 PM MDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES SOUTH SONUTHEAST OF PUEBLO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THOSE OF YOU LIVING IN EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE WIND NOW. IN ADDITION TO THE WIND...THIS STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE A BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOUR AND SMALL HAIL.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:24 PM MDT, 31 minutes before
COZ073-076-150130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 624 PM MDT WED JUN 14 1995 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS EXPECTED ACROSS HIGHWAY 50... A THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS HIGHWAY 50 EAST OF PUEBLO BETWEEN 630 PM AND 700 PM PRODUCING WIND GUSTS FROM 30 TO 45 MPH ...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. COMMUNITIES TO BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...AVONDALE...BOONE...FOWLER AND POSSIBLY OLNEY SPRINGS AND MANZANOLA.. AT 623 PM...THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS 17 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RESIDENTS IN EASTERN PUEBLO...WESTERN CROWLEY AND NORTHWEST OTERO COUNTIES AND MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 50...SHOULD PREPARE FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS AND GO TO SHELTER AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH THEIR AREA. BT
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:26 PM MDT, 29 minutes before
COZ073-076-150130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 624 PM MDT WED JUN 14 1995 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS EXPECTED ACROSS HIGHWAY 50... A THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS HIGHWAY 50 EAST OF PUEBLO BETWEEN 630 PM AND 700 PM PRODUCING WIND GUSTS FROM 30 TO 45 MPH ...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. COMMUNITIES TO BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...AVONDALE...BOONE...FOWLER AND POSSIBLY OLNEY SPRINGS AND MANZANOLA.. AT 623 PM...THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS 17 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RESIDENTS IN EASTERN PUEBLO...WESTERN CROWLEY AND NORTHWEST OTERO COUNTIES AND MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 50...SHOULD PREPARE FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS AND GO TO SHELTER AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH THEIR AREA. BT
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.