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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 198, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 7, 1996Huerfano County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 1996, 8:24 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Colorado. It was in force for 46 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 7, 1996, 8:24 PM MDT (02:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 1996, 9:10 PM MDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Huerfano County, CO

The radar

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The text

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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 7, 4:11 PM MDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
COZ065-068-070-072315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
410 PM MDT WED AUG 7 1996

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN FREMONT COUNTY...

A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN FREMONT COUNTY
THROUGH 5 PM...AFFECTING COALDALE THROUGH 420 PM...COTOPAXI BY 415 PM
...AND MOVING BETWEEN TEXAS CREEK AND HILLSIDE BY 430 PM.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 55
MPH AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS OR ALONG HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN
COALDALE AND TEXAS CREEK.

THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE...AND BRING LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THISP STRONG
THUNDERSTORM...YOU ARE URGED TO FIND SHELTER BEFORE IT REACHES
YOUR AREA.

SR
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:34 PM MDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 6:02 PM MDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.