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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 19, 1996El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1996, 2:59 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 61 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 19, 1996, 2:59 PM MDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 1996, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1996-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1996-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1927 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPUB 192059
SVRPUB
COC041-192200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
259 PM MDT FRI JUL 19 1996

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY      IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

* UNTIL 400 PM MDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    COLORADO SPRINGS BY 305 PM
    SECURITY BY 315 PM
    FORT CARSON BY 315 PM

* AT 257 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE STORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF COLORAD SPRINGS
  IN THE VICINITY OF ACADEMY BLVD AND I-25 MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

AT THE INTERSECTION OF LA POUDRE AND UNION HAIL 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER
WAS REPORTED AT 255 PM.

REMEMBER...SEVERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE WARNING.

A FOLLOW UP STATEMENT WITH MORE DETAILS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.

KT

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 19, 11:45 AM MDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
COZ060>081-200600-

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1142 AM MDT FRI JUL 19 1996

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES:

ALAMOSA      BACA        BENT          CHAFFEE        CONEJOS
COSTILLA     CROWLEY     CUSTER        EL PASO        FREMONT
HUERFANO     KIOWA       LAS ANIMAS    MINERAL        OTERO
PROWERS      PUEBLO      RIO GRANDE    SAGUACHE       TELLER

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN
EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO WHILE MOIST AIR AND THE
HEATING OF THE DAY WILL SPARK ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
INTO THE EVENING OVER THE REST OF THE AREA.  NO ORGANIZED SEVERE
WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY.  ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME...BRINGING SOME HAIL A BIT LARGER
THAN 3/4 INCH ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AMOUNTS
IN WIDELY SCATTERED AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY
WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
BUT ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS MAY OCCUR. x SPOTTERS SHOULD
BE ALERT IN CASE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.
REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WOULD BE WELCOMED.

TLM
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:35 PM MDT, 24 minutes before
COZ071-192140-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
236 PM MDT FRI JUL 19 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OFF THE MOUNTAINS...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS HIGHWAY
115 AND FORT CARSON TO NEAR FOUNTAIN BY 330 PM MDT.  ANOTHER DEVELOPING
THUNDERSTORM WILL BRING RAIN ALONG US 24 BETWEEN MANITOU SPRINGS AND
DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS BETWEEN 230 AND 300 PM MDT.

AT 234 PM MDT...PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST STORM 13 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS.  THE OTHER STORM WAS LOCATED 5
MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS.  BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

KT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 4:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso65 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.