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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 21, 1996Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 1996, 8:48 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 62 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, 8:48 PM MDT (02:48 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 1996, 9:50 PM MDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Whole counties

County Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8:55 PM MDT	Hail 0.75	Pueblo West, 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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 21, 3:34 PM MDT, 5 hours 14 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, 5 hours 7 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, 4 hours 16 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, 2 hours 53 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.

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 8:33 PM MDT, 15 minutes before

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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, 7:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	63 min
Jul 21, 9:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1996 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.