Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 1996, 10:39 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 61 min. 3 reports 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
- Aug 1, 1996, 10:39 PM MDT (04:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 1996, 11:40 PM MDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 10:40 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Ellicott, CO | |
| Aug 1, 10:50 PM MDT | Hail 2 | Ellicott, CO | |
| Aug 1, 11:02 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Manitou Spgs, 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
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, Aug 1, 5:56 PM MDT, 4 hours 43 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, 4 hours 15 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, 4 hours 7 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.
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 7:53 PM MDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
COZ060-062-020300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 753 PM MDT THU AUG 1 1996 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLING OVER THE EASTERN LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND NEAR DEL NORTE... LOOK FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE DEL NORTE AREA AND THE EASTERN LA GARITA MOUNTAIN RANGE TO CONTINUE THROUGH 825 PM MDT...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. AT 750 MDT THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL NORTE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 8:42 PM MDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
COZ068-069-020345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 842 PM MDT THU AUG 1 1996 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50 FROM NJEAR HOWARD TO THE ROYAL GORGE THROUGH 930 PM...BRINGING HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. AT 830 PM...RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST STORM ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF TEXAS CREEK. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST. HAYNES
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 9:25 PM MDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
COZ071-073-020430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 925 PM MDT THU AUG 1 1996 ...HEAVY RAIN BEING PRODUCED BY A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ALONG INTERSTATE 25 JUST SOUTH OF FOUNTAIN... THUNDERSTORMS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE CAUSING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXTREME SOUTHERN EL PASO AND INTO NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM MDT. AT 915 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED FROM 3 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF FOUNTAIN...TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FOUNTAIN... MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM...THE PROXIMITY TO I-25...AND THE HEAVY RAIN IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE STORM...MOTORISTS ALONG I-25 MAY ENCOUNTER GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN SOUTHERN EL PASO AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTIES...ALONG WITH PONDED WATER ON HIGHWAYS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 64 min |
| 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, 10:56 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.