Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 1996, 9:52 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 63 min. 2 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 14, 1996, 9:52 PM MDT (03:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 1996, 10:55 PM MDT
- In force
- 63 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 03:53 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 14, 10:07 PM MDT | Hail 2 | Colorado Spgs, CO | |
| Aug 14, 10:35 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Colorado 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, 3.9 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
- 627 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2385 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 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 150352
SVRPUB
COC041-150455-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
952 PM MDT WED AUG 14 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
* UNTIL 1055 PM MDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
BLACK FOREST
FALCON BY 1005 PM
NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS BY 1015 PM
* AT 950 PM RADAR SHOWED SEVERE STORMS 7 MILES AND 25 MILES NORTHWEST
OF FALCON MOVHING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
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.
TMWhat 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 14, 3:57 PM MDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
COZ071-072-142245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 357 PM MDT WED AUG 14 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM...AFFECTING CALHAN BY 405 PM. YOU CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WIND WITH THIS STORM IN THE PEYTON...CALHAN...AND RAMAH AREAS. THIS STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER. AT 35P5 PM THE STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF CALHAN AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 6:43 PM MDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
COZ077-150130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 643 PM MDT WED AUG 14 1996 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY... STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH WERE NEAR VILLEGREEN AND OVER OPEN COUNTRY NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST OF VILLEGREEN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD QRUICKLY BECOME SEVERE...AND BRING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR EVEN A SMALL SHORT-LIVED TORNADO. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM...YOU ARE URGED TO FIND SHELTER BEFORE IT REACHES YOUR AREA. TLM
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 9:15 PM MDT, 37 minutes before
COZ081-150350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 915 PM MDT WED AUG 14 1996 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN BACA COUNTY... A STORM PRODUCING WINDS TO 45 MPH AND HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER NEAR VILAS WILL MOVE ALONG HIGHWAY 160 AND AFFECT WALSH AND BARTLETT BY 930 PM. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE...AND BRING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR EVEN A SMALL SHORT-LIVED TORNADO. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM...YOU ARE URGED TO FIND SHELTER BEFORE IT REACHES YOUR AREA.
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 9:27 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
COZ078-150400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 928 PM MDT WED AUG 14 1996 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY... A STORM PRODUCING HAIL JUST UNDER 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOWNER WILL MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH THROUGH OPEN COUNTRY OF EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY. 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 office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 6:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 61 min |
| Aug 14, 7:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 49 min |
| Aug 14, 7:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 64 min |
| Aug 14, 8:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 65 min |
| Aug 14, 8:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 66 min |
| Aug 15, 2:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 59 min |
| Aug 15, 3:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 49 min |
| Aug 15, 5:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 62 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.