Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1996, 8:08 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1996, 8:08 PM MDT (02:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1996, 9:10 PM MDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1605 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1342 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jul 13, 3:36 PM MDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
COZ073-132240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 336 PM MDT SAT JUL 13 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS HIGHWAY 96 OVER FAR WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY BY 345 PM AND APPROACH HIGHWAY 78 SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO BY 400 PM. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN..WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.. SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. AT 335 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM WAS 16 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO..MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:59 PM MDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
COZ073-132305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 359 PM MDT SAT JUL 13 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN PUEBLO COUNTY... A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 78 ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO BY 405 PM THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL APPROACH I-25 BETWEEN COLORADO CITY AND PUEBLO AROUND 430 PM. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. AT 357 PM THIS ~STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 21 MPH. SR/JLH
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:40 PM MDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
COZ073-132345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 440 PM MDT SAT JUL 13 1996 ...TORDANO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY BRINGING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN TO INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN PUEBLO AND COLORADO CITY THROUGH 450 PM. AT 43O PM...RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM CENTERED ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF PUEBLON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAYNES
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 5:20 PM MDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
COZ067-071-073-140025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 521 PM MDT SAT JUL 13 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR EL PASO AND NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST TELLER AND SOUTHWEST EL PASO COUNTIES... THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHWESTERN AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM MDT. AT 518 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 8 MILES SOUTHWEST AND 16 MILES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MAY PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 55 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. JK
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 6:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
COZ067-071-072-140135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 630 PM MDT SAT JUL 13 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR EL PASO AND NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT FOR A LARGE PORTION SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO... ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF EL PASO COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER NORTHEASTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM MDT. AT 630 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF CALHAN WITH OTHER THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CALHAN AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MAY PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 55 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. JK
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 7:59 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
COZ078-140305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 759 PM MDT SAT JUL 13 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM MDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN KIOWA COUNTY... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS HIGHWAY 96 IN NORTHERN KIOWA COUNTY THROUGH 830 PM MDT. AT 800 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES NORTH OF HASWELL AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST THROUGH 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHERIDAN LAKE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MAY PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 55 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. JK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 6:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 64 min |
| Jul 13, 9:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 65 min |
| Jul 14, 12:01 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 64 min |
| Jul 14, 12:51 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 59 min |
| Jul 14, 12:55 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 1:17 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 63 min |
| Jul 14, 1:33 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 62 min |
| Jul 14, 1:42 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 63 min |
| Jul 14, 2:34 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 61 min |
| Jul 14, 2:40 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.