Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1996, 5:46 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 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
- Jun 5, 1996, 5:46 PM MDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1996, 6:10 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baca County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 6:00 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Walsh, 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 578 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -329 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
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, Jun 5, 2:59 PM MDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
COZ078-052230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 258 PM MDT WED JUN 5 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER NORTHWEST KIOWA COUNTY SHORTLY AFTER 3 PM MDT... THE STORMS WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY TO NORTHWEST OF HASWELL IN KIOWA COUNTY. WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH OR HIGHER...AND HAIL UP TO A HALF INCH IN DIAMETER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST 20 MPH OVER KIOWA COUNTY. 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. STAY TUNED FOR UPCOMING STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. GRAY
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 3:30 PM MDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
COZ081-052220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 330 PM MDT WED JUN 5 1996 ...STRONG WINDS...FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN BACA COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTY UNTIL AROUND 4 PM MDT... WINDS OF 45 TO 50 MPH...PUSHING WIDESPREAD DUST AND SAND THROUGH THE COUNTY CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF BACA COUNTY. STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE POWER DISRUPTIONS...HAZARDS TO MOBILE HOMES...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS. BLOWING DUST CAN ALSO BE HAZARDOUS TO MOTORISTS...QUICKLY REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO ON ROADWAYS NEAR OPEN OR PLOWED FIELDS. A DUST STORM USUALLY ARRIVES SUDDENLY IN THE FORM OF AN ADVANCING WALL OF DUST AND DEBRIS...WHICH MAY BE SEVERAL MILES LONG...AND HUNDREDS OF FEET HIGH. IF YOU SEE A DUST STORM IN THE DISTANCE...DO NOT ENTER IT...IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATIrON. GRAY
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:19 PM MDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
COZ078-080-081-052305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 419 PM MDT WED JUN 5 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR BACA...PROWERS AND EASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM MDT... AT 410 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY FROM 2 MILES SOUTH OF BRANDON TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF EADS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD AFFECT MAINLY THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF KIOWA COUNTY AND NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY IN THE AREA OF WILEY THROUGH 445 PM MDT. FISHERMAN...AND OTHERS IN THE AREA OF THE NEE NOSHE RESERVOIRS ...AS WELL AS THE WILEY AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SUDDEN STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS COULD QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE...AND BRING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR EVEN A SMALL SHORT-LIVED TORNADO. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...YOU ARE URGED TO FIND SHELTER BEFOR E IT REACHES YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. GRAY
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:52 PM MDT, 54 minutes before
COZ078>080-052325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 452 PM MDT WED JUN 5 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR BACA...PROWERS AND EASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM MDT... AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST NORTH OF HARTMAN...IN NORTHEAST PROWERS COUNTY AT 440 PM MDT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST 25 MPH...AND SHOULD STAY NORTH OF HARTMAN AND HOLLY UNTIL IT MOVES INTO WESTERN KANSAS AFTER 5 PM MDT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF KIOWA COUNTY NORTH OF SHERIDAN LAKE...SOUTH TO HOLLY. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. REMEMBER...THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IN ApND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR UPDATES ON THE DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. GRAY
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:14 PM MDT, 32 minutes before
COZ081-052345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 514 PM MDT WED JUN 5 1996 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS PRITCHETT BETWEEN 515 PM AND 530 PM MDT.. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...HAIL UP TO A HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES EAST 25 TO 30 MPH. KEEP IN MIND THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE...AND BRING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM...YOU ARE URGED TO FIND SHELTER BEFORE IT REACHES YOUR AREA. THE STRONG WINDS AHEAD OF A THUNDERSTORM OFTEN RESULT IN A WIDESPREAD DUST STORM. A DUST STORM USUALLY ARRIVES SUDDENLY IN THE FORM OF AN ADVANCING WALL OF DUST AND DEBRIS...WHICH MAY BE SEVERAL MILES LONG...AND HUNDREDS OF FEET HIGH. IF YOU SEE A DUST STORM IN THE DISTANCE...DO NOT ENTER IT...IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. GRAY
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:35 PM MDT, 11 minutes before
COZ077-078-080-081-060010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 535 PM MDT WED JUN 5 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT FOR BACA... PROWERS AND EASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES... ...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED ACROSS PRITCHETT AS OF 530 PM...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS SPRINGFIELD BEFORE 545 PM MDT. THE STORMS SHOULD THEN MOVE ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160 TOWARD STONINGTON THROUGH 6 PM MDT. AT 535 PM MDT...THE STRONGEST STORM WAS APPROACHING SPRINGFIELD FROM THE WEST. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER STORMS WERE IN NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY AROUND HIGHWAY 350 BETWEEN DELHI AND TYRONE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST 25 MPH. THEY SHOULD MOVE ACROSS OPEN COUNTRY...AFFECTING THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE PINON CANYON AREA...THROUGH 6 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR UPDATES ON THE DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. GRAY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 6:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 3:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 5:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 29 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.