Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1996, 12:55 AM MDT for Crowley County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 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 14, 1996, 12:55 AM MDT (06:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1996, 1:55 AM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crowley County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:54 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 14, 1:15 AM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Ordway, 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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPUB 140656 COR
SVRPUB
COC025-140755-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1255 AM MDT SUN JUL 14 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
* UNTIL 155 AM MDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
MOVING ACROSS OPEN COUNTRY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96 THROUGH 120 AM MDT
* AT 1254 AM MDT RADAR SHOWED SEVERE STORMS 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ORDWAY TO 25 MILES NORTH OF ORDWAY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
REMEMBER...SEVERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE WARNING.
A FOLLOW UP STATEMENT WITH MORE DETAILS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.
SCWhat 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, 8:17 PM MDT, 4 hours 38 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, 4 hours 26 minutes 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, 3 hours 59 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, 3 hours 48 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
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 10:56 PM MDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
COZ071>073-076-078-140600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1055 PM MDT SAT JUL 13 1996 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT SUNDAY... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING EL PASO COUNTY FROM THE NORTH... A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY BY 1145 PM MDT AND THEN MOVE INTO THE PUEBLO COUNTY BY 1245 AM MDT. AT 1055 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING ARAPAHOE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND SOME WILL PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 55 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. JK
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 11:41 PM MDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
COZ071>073-140645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1142 PM MDT SAT JUL 13 1996 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT SUNDAY... ...STRONG WINDS APPROACHING EL PASO COUNTY... STRONG WINDS ARE ENTERING EXTREME NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. THESE HIGH WINDS SHOULD BE AFFECTING THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA BY MIDNIGHT AND THEN PUSH INTO PUEBLO COUNTY BY 100 AM MDT. STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE POWER DISRUPTIONS...HAZARDS TO MOBILE HOMES...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS. BLOWING DUST CAN ALSO BE HAZARDOUS TO MOTORISTS...QUICKLY REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO ON ROADWAYS NEAR OPEN OR PLOWED FIELDS. 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 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, 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.