Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 163, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1996, 4:36 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1996, 4:36 PM MDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1996, 5:10 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1040 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 25, 12:07 PM MDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
COZ060>081-260600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1205 PM MDT THU JUL 25 1996 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES ALAMOSA BACA BENT CHAFFEE CONEJOS COSTILLA CROWLEY CUSTER EL PASO FREMONT HUERFANO KIOWA LAS ANIMAS MINERAL OTERO PROWERS PUEBLO RIO GRANDE SAGUACHE TELLER THE ATMOSPHERE OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO REMAINS ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED FROM PREVIOUS DAYS. CONSEQUENTLY...ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE STORMS IS EXPECTED. ADDITIONALLY...SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO WILL LIKELY SEE A FAIR NUMBER OF STORMS TODAY DUE TO AN INFLUX OF MOISTURE INTO THE SAN LUIS VALLEY OVERNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY START OUT ON THE WEAK SIDE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...A FEW STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TRIGGERS DEEP CONVECTION. WITH THE ATMOSPHERE OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED FROM PREVIOUS DAYS...THE MAIN THREATS FROM THUNDERSTORMS TODAY REMAIN THE SAME. COLD AIR ALOFT WILL ALLOW FOR LARGE HAIL PRODUCTION AND WIND SHEAR PROFILES AGAIN SUPPORT THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW TORNADIC STORMS. OVER THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE BULK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO WILL AGA,IN HOLD OFF UNTIL THIS EVENING AS THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THAT TIME. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATE TODAY OR THIS EVENING SO SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN HANDY. LW
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 12:29 PM MDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
COZ068-073-251920- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1228 PM MDT THU JUL 25 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF CANON CITY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS CANON CITY BY 1245 PM...BRING HAIL UP TO 1/2 DIAMETER AND BRING HEAVY RAIN. AT 1225 PM DOPLLER RADAR IN PUEBLO SHOWED THE STORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CANON CITY MOVING 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.l WOLYN
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 2:13 PM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
COZ068-073-252100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 213 PM MDT THU JUL 25 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY... THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROYAL GORGE AT 210 PM MDT...WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL OVER SOUTHERN FREMONT AND NORTHERN CUSTER COUNTY THROUGH 235 PM MDT. THE STEEP TERRAIN THROUGH SOUTHERN FREMONT COUNTY CAN ADD TO RAPID RUNOFF OF HEAVY RAINFALL. EXERCISE CAUTION IN THESE AREAS. BACKCOUNTRY HIKERS...CAMPERS AND OTHERS IN THE AREA SHOULD REMEMBER THESE SAFETY RULES...IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE DURING A LIGHTNING STORM...FIND A LOW SPOT. SHELTER YOURSELF UNDER SHORTER TREES. AVOID ISOLATED...TALL 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. GRAY
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 3:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
COZ064-252155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 305 PM MDT THU JUL 25 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY TH^IS AFTERNOON... THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS AT 3 PM MDT WERE IN COSTILLA COUNTY NEAR SAN ACACIO AND NORTH OF SAN LUIS NEAR HIGHWAY 159. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT SAN ACACIO. GRAY
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:07 PM MDT, 29 minutes before
COZ066-074-075-252240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 406 PM MDT THU JUL 25 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED NEAR THE SPANISH PEAKS... AT 4 PM MDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALONG AND NEAR HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN LA VETA AND CUCHARA...MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE STORM CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 1/2 INCH OR SMALLER HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE OPEN COUNTRY NEAR THE SPANISH PEAKS THROUGH 430 PM MDT.8 GRAY
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:29 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
COZ075-252320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 429 PM MDT THU JUL 25 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ALONG HIGHWAY 12...WEST OF TRINIDAD...THROUGH 500 PM BRINGING HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH DIAMETER AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. AT 425 PM DOPPLER RADAR IN PUEBLO SHOWED THE STRONG STORM NEAR SEGUNDO MOVING EAST 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. WOLYN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 6:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 89 min |
| Jul 24, 6:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 46 min |
| Jul 24, 7:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 60 min |
| Jul 24, 7:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 61 min |
| Jul 24, 9:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 49 min |
| Jul 24, 10:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 65 min |
| Jul 25, 2:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 3:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 35 min |
| Jul 25, 5:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.