Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1996, 6:37 PM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 48 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, 6:37 PM MDT (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1996, 7:25 PM MDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bent County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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, 6:45 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Las Animas, 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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 353 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2818 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPUB 260038
SVRPUB
COC011-260125-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
637 PM MDT THU JUL 25 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
* UNTIL 725 PM MDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
LAS ANIMAS BY 645 PM MDT
* AT 635 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE STORM 6 MILES WEST OF LAS ANIMAS
MOVING EAST 20 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE STORMS CAN P"RODUCE 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 25, 2:13 PM MDT, 4 hours 24 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 32 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 30 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, 2 hours 8 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, 6:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 62 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 |
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.