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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 25, 1996Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1996, 6:18 PM MDT for Prowers 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 25, 1996, 6:18 PM MDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 1996, 7:20 PM MDT
In force: 62 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 00:19 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 25, 6:22 PM MDT	Hail 1	Lamar, 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, 0.3 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1584 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1678 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 3.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPUB 260018
SVRPUB
COC099-260120-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
618 PM MDT THU JUL 25 1996

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY      IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 720 PM MDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    LAMAR BY 625 PM

* AT 615 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE STORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAMAR
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT.  SEVERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES.

A FOLLOW UP STATEMENT WITH MORE DETAILS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.

PW

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, 12:29 PM MDT, 5 hours 49 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, 4 hours 5 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, 3 hours 13 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, 2 hours 11 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, 1 hour 49 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 25, 6:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent	48 min
Jul 26, 1:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Teller	64 min
Jul 26, 2:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	65 min
Jul 26, 2:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	61 min
Jul 26, 3:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	32 min
Jul 26, 5:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	47 min

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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.