Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 216, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 1996, 5:28 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 62 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
- Aug 15, 1996, 5:28 PM MDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 1996, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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 15, 5:48 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Tyrone, 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
Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 341 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -248 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1878 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 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 152327
SVRPUB
COC071-160030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
528 PM MDT THU AUG 15 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
* UNTIL 630 PM MDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
TRINCHERA BY 530 PM MDT
BRANSON BY 540 PM MDT
* AT 527 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE STORM OVER TRINCHERA MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.
REMEMBER...SEVERE STORMS CA6N PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE WARNING.
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 15, 11:51 AM MDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
COZ060>081-160600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1150 AM MDT THU AUG 15 1996 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES ALAMOSA BACA BENT CHAFFEE CONEJOS COSTILLA CROWLEY CUSTER EL PASO FREMONT HUERFANO KIOWA LAS ANIMAS MINERAL OTERO PROWERS PUEBLO RIO GRANDE SAGUACHE TELLER MONSOON MOISTURE IS IN PLACE OVER COLORADO TODAY AND THE THUNDERSTORMS LAST NIGHT HELPED TO MOISTEN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THIS MOISTURE...COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON HEATING WILL ALLOW STORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN THE UPPER LEVELS THE WINDS ARE WEAK AND THIS WILL MAKE FOR SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS...RESULTING IN A THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH SOME STORMS TODAY. A WEAK DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO CLIP EASTERN PO RTIONS OF THE AREA THIS EVENING...ENHANCING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AND RESULTING IN PROLONGED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED BY LATE AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 12:57 PM MDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
COZ071-072-152000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1257 PM MDT THU AUG 15 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN EL PASO COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH MANITOU SPRINGS THROUGH 120 PM AND ACROSS COLORADO SPRINGS THROUGH 145 PM...PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER. AT 1255 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY AND WERE LOCATED NEAR MANITOU SPRINGS AND NORTH OF MANITOU SPRINGS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 1:05 PM MDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
COZ074-075-152010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 106 PM MDT THU AUG 15 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING IN HUERFANO COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OVER OPEN COUNTRY AND ACROSS HIGHWAY 160 WEST OF WALSENBURG THROGUH 140 PM. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER. AT 100 PM THE STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF THE TOWN OF LA VETA AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 1:30 PM MDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
COZ071-072-152020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 130 PM MDT THU AUG 15 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE DEVELOPING IN EL PASO COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH COLORADO SPRINGS THROUGH 200 PM...SECURITY BY 145 PM...ACROSS HIGHWAY 24 THROUGH 200 PM...AND HIGHWAY 96 THROUGH 215 PM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. AT 125 PM STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...5 MILES WEST OF FALCON...AND 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FALCON ALONG HIGHWAY 24. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 1:52 PM MDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
COZ067-071-072-152040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 152 PM MDT THU AUG 15 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEAST TELLER COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST EL PASO COUNTY BY 200 PM AND WILL MOVE OVER HIGHWAY 115 BY 200 PM AND WILL THEN CONTINUE SOUTHEAST ACROSS FORT CARSON THROUGH 240 PM. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMET"ER. AT 150 PM THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VICTOR AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
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 14, 9:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 63 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 |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.