Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 1996, 11:50 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 50 min. 4 reports 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 20, 1996, 11:50 PM MDT (05:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 1996, 12:40 AM MDT
- In force
- 50 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 05:50 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 20, 11:50 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Colorado Spgs, CO | |
| Jul 20, 11:56 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Manitou Spgs, CO | |
| Jul 21, 12:05 AM MDT | Hail 1 | Colorado Spgs, CO | |
| Jul 21, 12:22 AM MDT | Hail 1.25 | (Cos)Peterson Field, 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, 5.8 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3778 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 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 210549
SVRPUB
COC041-210640-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1150 PM MDT SAT JUL 20 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
* UNTIL 1240 AM MDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
COLORADO SPRINGS THROUGH 1230 AM
* AT 1149 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE STORM IN NORTHWEST COLORADO SPRINGS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
A FOLLOW UP STATEMENT 0WITH MORE DETAILS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.
SRWhat 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 20, 8:49 PM MDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
COZ067-071-072-210355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 849 PM MDT SAT JUL 20 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER TELLER COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS DIVIDE THROUGH 905 PM AND CONTINUE TRACKING ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 24 EAST OF DIVIDE THROUGH 930 PM. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZE HAIL... WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. AT 847 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE STORM NEAR DIVIDE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SR
Local storm report, Jul 20, 9:05 PM MDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
905 PM MDT SAT JUL 20 1996
TIME(MDT) ...CITY LOCATION... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
..COUNTY LOCATION..
245 PM WALSENBURG CO 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/20/96 HUERFANO
627 PM 17 SE SECURITY CO 1 INCH HAIL
7/20/96 EL PASO
630 PM 17 SE SECURITY CO 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/20/96 EL PASO
720 PM TRUCKTON CO 1 INCH HAIL
7/20/96 EL PASO
738 PM ELLICOTT CO 1.5 INCH HAIL
7/20/96 EL PASO
725 PM ELLICOTT CO 1.5 INCH HAIL
7/20/96 EL PASO
757 PM 3 W YODER CO 1 INCLH HAIL
7/20/96 EL PASO
KTSpecial weather statement, Jul 20, 9:09 PM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
COZ071-072-210415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 909 PM MDT SAT JUL 20 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 24 THROUGH 945 PM...BRINGING HAIL LESS THAN 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. AT 907 PM MDT...PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS STRONG STORM LOCATED 4X MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. KT
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 10:55 PM MDT, 55 minutes before
COZ067-210600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1056 PM MDT SAT JUL 20 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 24 THROUGH 1145 PM MDT AND MOVE INTO THE VICINITY OF WOODLAND PARK BY 1140 PM. THIS STORM WILL BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL LESS THAN 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGNTNING.| AT 1055 PM MDT...PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF FLORISSANT MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. KT
Local storm report, Jul 20, 11:16 PM MDT, 34 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1015 PM MST SAT JUL 20 1996
TIME(MDT) ...CITY LOCATION... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
..COUNTY LOCATION..
800 PM 8 E COS CO 50 KNOT WIND
EL PASO
900 PM 3 SE COS CO 0.75 INCH HAIL
EL PASO
1000 PM FOUNTAIN CO 0.75 INCH HAIL
EL PASO
1018 PM FOUNTAIN CO 0.75 INCH HAIL
EL PASOSpecial weather statement, Jul 20, 11:34 PM MDT, 16 minutes before
COZ071-072-210710- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1135 PM MDT SAT JUL 20 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY THROUGH MIDNIGHT AND LIKELY AFFECT NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS BETWEEN 1145 PM AND 1230 AM. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH... SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. AT 1133 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE STORM 12 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS...OR JUST WEST OF THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY. DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN OCCUR WITH ALL THUNDERSTORMS. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES... GET INDOORS OR IN A VEHICLE. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM THE STORM...WHERE IT IS NOT RAINING AND WHERE YOU MAY BE. SR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 6:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 46 min |
| Jul 20, 7:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 61 min |
| Jul 20, 7:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 41 min |
| Jul 20, 8:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 61 min |
| Jul 20, 9:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 63 min |
| Jul 20, 10:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 4:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 61 min |
| Jul 21, 5:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 47 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.