Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 1996, 5:29 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 61 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 31, 1996, 5:29 PM MDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 1996, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -290 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1655 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 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 312329
SVRPUB
COC061-010030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
529 PM MDT WED JUL 31 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
* UNTIL 630 PM MDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
HASWELL BY 532 PM MDT
* AT 527 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE STORM 2 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
HASWELL ON HIGHWAY 96 MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 5 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FOLLOW UP STATEMENTS AND
WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO.
SCWhat 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 31, 12:08 PM MDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
COZ060>081-010600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1206 AM MDT WED JUL 31 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 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS... ABUNDANT LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL PERSIST TODAY ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...PRIMARILY IN CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS... PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH OR LARGER IN DIAMETER AND/OR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. MOVEMENT OF STORMS WILL BE TO THE SOUTHEAST. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...WHICH COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...ROADS...DITCHES...UNDERPASSES AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IN COLORADO SPRINGS AND PUEBLO MAY BE NECESSARY LATER TODAY...AND REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WILL BE MOST APPRECIATED. $
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 12:14 PM MDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
COZ060>081-010600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1206 PM MDT WED JUL 31 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 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS... ABUNDANT LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL PERSIST TODAY ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...PRIMARILY IN CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS... PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH OR LARGER IN DIAMETER AND/OR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. MOVEMENT OF STORMS WILL BE TO THE SOUTHEAST. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...WHICH COU:LD CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...ROADS...DITCHES...UNDERPASSES AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IN COLORADO SPRINGS AND PUEBLO MAY BE NECESSARY LATER TODAY...AND REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WILL BE MOST APPRECIATED.
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 3:07 PM MDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
COZ068-073-312210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 307 PM MDT WED JUL 31 1996 ...THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLING OVER THE FOOTHILLS AGAIN... THUNDERSTORMS ARE GOING TO MOVE ACROSS THE OPEN COUNTRY OF SOUTHERN FREMONT COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY THROUGH 335 PM MDT...PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. AT 305 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN PUEBLO DETECTED THESE STORMS FROM COALDALE ALONG HIGHWAY 50 TO HIGHWAY 115 NEAR PENROSE. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER STORM OVER FORT CARSON AND SOUTHWEST EL PASO COUNTY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH...MERGING WITH THE STORM SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY BY 320 PM MDT.
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 3:48 PM MDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
COZ077-081-312255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 348 PM MDT WED JUL 31 1996 ...THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING INTO EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO LATE THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO BUILD SLOWLY NORTH INTO EASTERN PARTS OF LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...AS WELL AS EXTREME WESTERN BACA COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM MDT. ONE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF CAMPO...IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST BACA COUNTY. ANOTHER STORM WAS 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIM...IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. ANYONE IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF COLORADO S~HOULD PREPARE NOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF INTENSIFYING STORMS...WHICH COULD BECOME SEVERE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 4:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
COZ068-070-073-312310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 405 PM MDT WED JUL 31 1996 ...THUNDERSTORMS MARCHING THROUGH WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY... LOOK FOR PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS PUEBLO WEST AND WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY THROUGH 425 PM MDT. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO WEST AT 400 PM...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE ACCOMPANYING THIS THUNDERSTORM.
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 4:14 PM MDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
COZ081-312320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 414 PM MDT WED JUL 31 1996 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEAR SPRINGFIELD IN BACA COUNTY... LOOK FOR A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO INTENSIFY FROM SPRINGFIELD T0 15 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD THROUGH 430 PM MDT. LOOK FOR HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WITH THESE STORMS OVER BACA COUNTY. AT 411 PM MDT DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED ONE STORM DEVELOPING OVER SPRINGFIELD...WITH ANOTHER 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...IN OPEN COUNTRY. THESE STORMS REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 9:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 47 min |
| Jul 31, 4:52 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 63 min |
| Jul 31, 2:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 60 min |
| Jul 31, 4:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 64 min |
| Jul 31, 5:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 60 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.