Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1996, 7:18 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 47 min. 6 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 23, 1996, 7:18 PM MDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1996, 8:05 PM MDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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 23, 7:25 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Wiley, CO | |
| Jul 23, 7:30 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Lamar, CO | |
| Jul 23, 7:37 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 54 | Lamar, CO | |
| Jul 23, 7:44 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Granada, CO | |
| Jul 23, 8:00 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | Holly, CO | |
| Jul 23, 8:00 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Holly, 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 1696 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 8.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPUB 240119
SVRPUB
COC099-240205-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
718 PM MDT TUE JUL 23 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
* UNTIL 805 PM MDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
WILEY AND KORNMAN BY 725 PM MDT
LAMAR BY 730 PM MDT
* AT 717 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED SEVERE STORMS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMAR
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES.
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 23, 3:45 PM MDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
COZ063-064-232235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 345 PM MDT TUE JUL 23 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ENTERING THE SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...BRINGING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL MOVE INTO OPEN COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST RIO GRANDE COUNTY AND NORTHEAST CONEJOS COUNTY BY 400 PM. THIS STORM WILL REACH HIGHWAY 15 BY 400 PM....THEN MOVE OVER HIGHWAY 3@70. AT 340 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTE VISTA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS ALONG HIGHWAY 15 AND 370 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM. WOLYN
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 4:12 PM MDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
COZ075-077-232245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 412 PM MDT TUE JUL 23 1996 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE RATON MESA WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN ...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL BEFORE IT MOVES INTO NEW MEXICO BY 430 PM MDT... AT 410 PM MDT...RADAR SHOWED THE STORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TRINIDAD ...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 20 MPH. GRAY
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 4:54 PM MDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
COZ072-232330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 454 PM MDT TUE JUL 23 1996 ...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH ELBERT COUNTY WILL ALSO AFFECT NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH 515 PM MDT... STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL COULD OCCUR AROUND RAMAH IN THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF EL PASO COUNTY. AT 450 PM MDT...RADAR SHOWED THE STORM 6 MILES NORTH OF RAMAH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT.
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 5:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
COZ072-232355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 520 PM MDT TUE JUL 23 1996 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH ELBERT COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT EXTREME NORTHEAST AND EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH 545 PM MDT... PEOPLE IN THE RAMAH AND CALHAN AREA SHOULD STILL ANTICIPATE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL AS THIS STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. AT 515 PM MDT...THE STORM WAS XOVER SIMLA ON HIGHWAY 24...MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. EASTBOUND MOTORISTS ON HIGHWAY 24 FROM CALHAN TO RAMAH AND SIMLA SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IN THE AREA OF THIS STORM. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ON THE HIGHWAY ARE POSSIBLE.
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 5:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
COZ072-240040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 551 PM MDT TUE JUL 23 1996 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN ELBERT COUNTY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO NORTHEAST EL PASO AROUND 630 PM MDT... AT 550 PM MDT...RADAR SHOWED THE STORM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CALHAN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 5:52 PM MDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
COZ072-240040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 550 PM MDT TUE JUL 23 1996 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN ELBERT COUNTY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY AROUND 630 PM MDT... AT 550 PM MDT...RADAR SHOWED THE STORM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CALHAN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. GRAY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 6:06 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 64 min |
| Jul 23, 6:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 62 min |
| Jul 23, 6:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 6:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 48 min |
| Jul 23, 7:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 63 min |
| Jul 23, 7:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 7:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 48 min |
| Jul 23, 8:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 8:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 51 min |
| Jul 23, 8:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 36 min |
| Jul 24, 4:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 48 min |
| Jul 24, 4:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 45 min |
| Jul 24, 5:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 62 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.