Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 1996, 7:47 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 63 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 21, 1996, 7:47 PM MDT (01:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 1996, 8:50 PM MDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baca County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 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 21, 7:50 PM MDT | Hail 1.25 | Springfield, 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 441 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2789 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPUB 220146
SVRPUB
COC009-220250-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
747 PM MDT SUN JUL 21 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
* UNTIL 850 PM MDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
OPEN COUNTRY BETWEEN STONINGTON AND CAMPO...TO THE
COLORADO/OKLAHOMA BORDER.
* AT 745 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED SEVERE STORMS 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SPRINGFIErLD MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
A FOLLOW UP STATEMENT WITH MORE DETAILS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.
RMGWhat 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 21, 3:34 PM MDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
COZ074-075-212240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 335 PM MDT SUN JUL 21 1996 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHEAST HUERFANO COUNTY... THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS I-25 BETWEEN PRYOR AND AGUILAR...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF WALSENBURG...BETWEEN 340 PM AND 4 PM MDT. HAIL OF 1/2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL OR SMALLER...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WIND GUSTS AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. AT 335 PM MDT...THE STORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTH OF WALSENBURG...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. MOTORISTS ON I-25 SHOULD ESPECIALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER AS THIS STORM CROSSES THE INTERSTATE.
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 3:41 PM MDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
COZ074-075-212240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 335 PM MDT SUN JUL 21 1996 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHEAST HUERFANO COUNTY... THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS I-25 BETWEEN PRYOR AND AGUILAR...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF WALSENBURG...BETWEEN 340 PM AND 4 PM MDT. HAIL OF 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORM AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. AT 335 PM MDT...THE THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTH OF WALSENBURG... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. MOTORISTS ON I-25 SHOULD ESPECIALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER AS THIS STORM CROSSES THE INTERSTATE.
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 4:32 PM MDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
COZ074-075-077-081-212305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 432 PM MDT SUN JUL 21 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN COLORADO... AT 430 PM MDT...THE STRONG STORMS IN COLORADO WERE FORMING ALONG A LINE FROM WALSENBURG...IN HUERFANO COUNTY...SOUTH TO TRINIDAD AND EAST TO KIM IN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. THE STORMS CONTINUED EAST ACROSS BACA COUNTY...JUST SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD TO THE COLORADO KANSAS STATE LINE...SOUTHEAST OF BARTLETT. THIS AREA IN EXTREME SOUTHERN COLORADO IS ALONG A MOISTURE RICH... THUNDERSTORM PRONE BOUNDARY...AND COULD BECOME THE FOCUS AREA FOR SOME SEVERE WEATHER IN SOUTHERN COLORADO THIS EVENING. HAIL...VERY HEAVY RfAIN AND STRONG WIND GUSTS SHOULD ALL BE ANTICIPATED WITH THESE DEVELOPING STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. GRAY
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 5:55 PM MDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
COZ073-220100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 555 PM MDT SUN JUL 21 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST PUEBLO COUNTY... A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT COLORADO CITY AND OPEN COUNTRY NORTH OF COLORADO CITY...WEST OF I-25 AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 78 THROUGH AT LEAST 630 PM. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH... ...HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. AT 553 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED MOST INTENSE PORTION OF THE STORM 2 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO CITY. THE STORM WAS DRIFTING NORTH AT 10 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE DURING A LIGHTNING STORM...FIND A LOW SPOT. SHELTER YOURSELF UNDER SHORTER TREES. AVOID ISOLATED...TALVL TREES. STAY AWAY FROM WATER...POWER POLES AND METAL OBJECTS... SUCH AS A FENCE ROW OR GOLF CLUBS. IF IN A GROUP...STAY APART. IF SOMEONE IS STRUCK...OTHERS WILL BE ABLE TO HELP THE VICTIM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 6:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 8:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 62 min |
| Jul 21, 9:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 66 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.