Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1996, 12:49 AM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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
- Jun 1, 1996, 12:49 AM MDT (06:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1996, 1:20 AM MDT
- In force
- 31 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 06:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 1:00 AM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Stonington, 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, 6.8 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
- 2053 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPUB 010649
SVRPUB
COC009-010720-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1249 AM MDT SAT JUN 1 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
EASTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
* UNTIL 120 AM MDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
STOVINGTON BY 1250 AM
* AT 1245 AM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE STORM ONE MILE NORTH OF STOVINGTON
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
A FOLLOW UP STATEMENT WITH MORE DEzTAILS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.
AHWhat 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, May 31, 7:03 PM MDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
COZ078>081-010205- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 702 PM MDT FRI MAY 31 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR BACA...PROWERS...KIOWA AND BENT COUNTIES... THE TORNADO WATCH FOR BACA...PROWERS...KIOWA AND BENT COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WEAK THUNDERSTORM OVER BACA COUNTY...NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO KANSAS BY 730 PM MDT. ALL OTHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS MOVED INTO KANSAS AND IS NO LONGER A THREAT TO SOUTHEAST COLORADO. HOMES SOUTH OF EADS IN KIOWA COUNTY WERE DAMAGED BY A TORNADO EARLIER THIS EVENING. THERE WERE ALSO SEVERAL REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL THAT DAMAGED WINDOWS AND WINDSHIELDS IN THE EADS AREA. A LOCAL STORM REPORT WILL BEZ ISSUED LATER THIS EVENING WITH FURTHER DETAILS ON TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO. FORTUNE
Local storm report, May 31, 7:34 PM MDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO, CO
448 PM MST FRI MAY 31 1996
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
0225 PM 7 MILES SOUTH OF CAMPO CO 0.9 INCH HAIL
05/31/96 BACA
0230 PM SPRINGFIELD CO 2 FUNNELS CLOUDS; 4
05/31/96 BACA MILES NORTHWEST OF
SPRINGFIELD AND 5
MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SPRINGFIELD
0240 PM 7 MILES SOUTH OF CAMPO CO 2 INCH HAIL
05/31/96 BACA
0242 PM JUST SOUTH OF CO FUNNEL CLOUD
05/31/96 SPRINGFIELD/BACA
0420 PM EADS CO 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/96 KIOWA
0423 PM 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF CO 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/96 EADS/KIOWA
0435 PM EADS CO 2 INCH HAIL; NUMEROUS
05/31/96 KIOWA BROKEN WINDSHIELDS
0458 PM JUST SOUTHEAST OF CO TORNADO REPORTED BY
05/31/96 SHERIDAN LAKE/KIOWA TRAINED SPOTTER
0447 PM EADS CO 2 INCH HAIL
05/31/96 KIOWA
0502 PM 5 MILES SOUTH OF CO TORNADO REPORTED BY
05/31/96 SHERIDAN LAKE/KIOWA TRAINED SPOTTER
0502 PM 10 MILES NORTH OF CO TORNADO REPORTED BY
05/31/96 SHERIDAN LAKE/KIOWA TRAINED SPOTTER
0509 PM 5 MILES EAST OF STUART CO TORNADO REPORTED BY
05/31/96 KIOWA TRAINED SPOTTER
0515 PM 15 MILES SOUTH OF CO 2 HOMES REPORTED
05/31/96 SHERIDAN LAKE/KIOWA DAMAGED BY TORNADO
0532 PM NEAR HIGHWAY 385 CO 3 TORNADOS REPORTED
05/31/96 KIOWA BY HIGHWAY PATROL
TIMES AND LOCATIONS OF DAMAGE AND TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS IN THIS REPORT ARE
PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES PENDING FURTHER DAMAGE SURVEYS.Local storm report, May 31, 9:34 PM MDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED...CORRECTED TIME OF ISSUANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO, CO
734 PM MST FRI MAY 31 1996
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
0225 PM 7 MILES SOUTH OF CAMPO CO 0.9 INCH HAIL
05/31/96 BACA
0230 PM SPRINGFIELD CO 2 FUNNELS CLOUDS; 4
05/31/96 BACA MILES NORTHWEST OF
SPRINGFIELD AND 5
MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SPRINGFIELD
0240 PM 7 MILES SOUTH OF CAMPO CO 2 INCH HAIL
05/31/96 BACA
0242 PM JUST SOUTH OF CO FUNNEL CLOUD
05/31/96 SPRINGFIELD/BACA
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0420 PM EADS CO 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/96 KIOWA
0423 PM 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF CO 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/96 EADS/KIOWA
0435 PM EADS CO 2 INCH HAIL; NUMEROUS
05/31/96 KIOWA BROKEN WINDSHIELDS
0458 PM JUST SOUTHEAST OF CO TORNADO REPORTED BY
05/31/96 SHERIDAN LAKE/KIOWA TRAINED SPOTTER
0447 PM EADS CO 2 INCH HAIL
05/31/96 KIOWA
0502 PM 5 MILES SOUTH OF CO TORNADO REPORTED BY
05/31/96 SHERIDAN LAKE/KIOWA TRAINED SPOTTER
0502 PM 10 MILES NORTH OF CO TORNADO REPORTED BY
05/31/96 SHERIDAN LAKE/KIOWA TRAINED SPOTTER
0509 PM 5 MILES EAST OF STUART CO TORNADO REPORTED BY
05/31/96 KIOWA TRAINED SPOTTER
0515 PM 15 MILES SOUTH OF CO 2 HOMES REPORTED
05/31/96 SHERIDAN LAKE/KIOWA DAMAGED BY TORNADO
0532 PM NEAR HIGHWAY 385 CO 3 TORNADOS REPORTED
05/31/96 KIOWA BY HIGHWAY PATROL
TIMES AND LOCATIONS OF DAMAGE AND TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS IN THIS REPORT ARE
PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES PENDING FURTHER DAMAGE SURVEYS.Nearby
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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.