Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 1996, 7:31 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 64 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
- Aug 1, 1996, 7:31 PM MDT (01:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 1996, 8:35 PM MDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kiowa County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 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
- 94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3371 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 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 020131
SVRPUB
COC061-020235-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
731 PM MDT THU AUG 1 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
* UNTIL 835 PM MDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
EADS BY 750 PM MDT
* AT 730 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE STORM 15 MILES NORTH OF EADS
MOVING SOUTH ALONG HIGHWAY 287 AT 25 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.
A FOLLOW UP STATEMENT WITH MORE DETAILS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.
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, Aug 1, 3:06 PM MDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
COZ068-070-012210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 306 PM MDT THU AUG 1 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE WET MOUNTAINS... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ALONG HIGHWAY 69 BRINGING A THREAT OF RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO WESTCLIFFE AND SILVERCLIFFE BY 330 PM MDT. AT 306 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT PUEBLO SHOWED THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF WESTCLIFFE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. FORTUNE
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 5:17 PM MDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
COZ072-073-020020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 517 PM MDT THU AUG 1 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OVER OPEN COUNTRY OF SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...THROUGH 545 PM...AND WILL ENTER NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY BY 530 PM MDT. THIS STORM WILL BRING HAIL NEARING 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER...POSSIBLE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. AT 515 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS STRONG STORM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. KT
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 5:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
COZ066-074-075-020040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 536 PM MDT THU AUG 1 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS... AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF LA VETA PASS TO 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WALSENBURG. THESE STORMS WILL TRACK OVER THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS...INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD...AND ACROSS OPEN COUNTRY OF WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM MDT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HAIL 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER OR LESS...WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CUCHARA...15 MILES SOUTH OF WALSENBURG...AND 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WALSENBURG. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. KT/LW
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 5:56 PM MDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
COZ076-020100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 556 PM MDT THU AUG 1 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER HIGHWAY 96 EAST OF SUGAR CITY THROUGH 600 PM MDT. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 71 NORTH OF ORDWAY THROUGH 600 PM. YET AT THIRD STORM WILL OVER HIGHWAY 109 SOUTH OF LA JUNTA BETWEEN 555 AND 630 PM MDT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. AT 555 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THESE STRONG STORMS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF SUGAR CITY...10 MILES NORTH OF ORDWAY...AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF LZA JUNTA. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE SOUTH SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. KT
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 6:24 PM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
COZ077-079-020130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 624 PM MDT THU AUG 1 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NORTHWEST OF TOONERVILLE... A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL NEARING 3/4 INCH DIAMETER...AND WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH...IS GOING TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL PARTS OF BENT COUNTY THROUGH 640 PM. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NOTED BY PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR AT 622 PM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA JUNTA...OR JUST NORTHWEST OF TOONERVILLE... AND MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 6:32 PM MDT, 59 minutes before
COZ074-077-020135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 632 PM MDT THU AUG 1 1996 ...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR NEAR THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS... A CLUSTER OF STORMS ARE GOING TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ALONG INTERSTATE 25...FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF TRINIDAD TO THE NEW MEXICO STATE LINE THROUGH 655 PM MDT. A LINE OF STRONG STORMS...ABOUT 25 MILES WIDE.... WAS NOTED BY PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR 20 MILES SOUTH OF WALSENBURG...TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WALSENBURG...AT 630 PM MDT. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE ANTICIPATED WITH THESE STORMS NEAR THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 9:51 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Fremont | 54 min |
| Aug 1, 9:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont | 54 min |
| Aug 1, 9:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 10:28 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 62 min |
| Aug 1, 10:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 10:56 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Fremont | 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.