Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1996, 9:30 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 65 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
- Jul 13, 1996, 9:30 PM MDT (03:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1996, 10:35 PM MDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 9:40 PM MDT | Hail 0.88 | Holly, CO |
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 694 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPUB 140330
SVRPUB
COC099-140435-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
930 PM MDT SAT JUL 13 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
* UNTIL 1035 PM MDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
HOLLY BY 940 PM MDT
* AT 930 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE STORM 4 MILES NORTH OF HOLLY
MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
REMEMBER...SEVERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE WARNING.
A FOLLOW UP STATEMENT WITH MORE DETAILS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.
JKWhat 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, 6:30 PM MDT, 3 hours 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, 1 hour 31 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
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 8:17 PM MDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
COZ076-140320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 817 PM MDT SAT JUL 13 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHERN KIOWA COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 71 IN CROWLEY COUNTY THROUGH 9 PM. AT 815 PM PUEBLO DOPPLER INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTH OF ORDWAY..MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MAY PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 8:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
COZ076-140320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 827 PM MDT SAT JUL 13 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 71 IN CROWLEY COUNTY THROUGH 9 PM. AT 815 PM PUEBLO DOPPLER INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTH OF ORDWAY..MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MAY PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 8:56 PM MDT, 34 minutes before
COZ080-140400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 857 PM MDT SAT JUL 13 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS HIGHWAY 50 IN NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY BY 910 PM MDT. AT 855 PM PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES NORTH OF HOLLY AND 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR. 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 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. JK
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 9:07 PM MDT, 23 minutes before
COZ071-072-140410- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 905 PM MDT SAT JUL 13 1996 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4AM MDT SUNDAY MORNING... ...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING OVER EL PASO COUNTY... A THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 THROUGH 945 PM MDT. AT 905 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS. THIS RSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MAY PRODUCE 1/4 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 45 MPH AND BRIEF 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, 8:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 62 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.