Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 1996, 9:23 PM MDT for Pueblo 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 17, 1996, 9:23 PM MDT (03:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 1996, 10:25 PM MDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:25 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 17, 9:28 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Beulah, 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 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 180322
SVRPUB
COC101-180425-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
923 PM MDT SAT AUG 17 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
* UNTIL 1025 PM MDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
BEULAH BY 930 PM MDT
* AT 922 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE STORM 1 MILE NORTH OF BEULAH
MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 10 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.
JKWhat 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 17, 5:16 PM MDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
COZ070-180020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 516 PM MDT SAT AUG 17 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER CUSTER COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS CUSTER COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM MDT. AT 516 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WESTCLIFFE...OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG HIGHWAY 96 BETWEEN WESTCLIFFE AND HIGHWAY 165 IN CUSTER COUNTY. THESE THUNDLERSTORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND SOME MAY PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. JK
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 5:52 PM MDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
COZ065-067-068-180055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 552 PM MDT SAT AUG 17 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER FREMONT AND TELLER COUNTIES... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS WESTERN FREMONT AND WESTERN TELLER COUNTIES. AT 550 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 2 MILES NORTH OF SALIDA AND 3 MILES WEST OF TEXAS CREEK IN FREMONT COUNTY... AND 12 MILES WEST OF FLORISSANT IN TELLER COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND SOME MAY PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. JKH
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 7:02 PM MDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
COZ068-070-073-180205- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 702 PM MDT SAT AUG 17 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER FREMONT COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING ALONG HIGHWAY 50 IN FREMONT COUNTY BETWEEN COTOPAXI AND CANON CITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE CANON CITY AREA BY 715 PM. AT 700 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES SOUTHWEST AND 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF CANON CITY AND 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF TEXAS CREEK. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND SOME MAY PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE OR WALK INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY. FAST FLOWING WATER ONE AND A HALF FEET DEEP CAN EASILY FLIP A VEHICLE OVER OR CARRY IT DOWN A CRExEK OR RIVER. WHETHER ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE...FIND HIGHER GROUND DURING HIGH WATER SITUATIONS. KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. JKH
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 7:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
COZ068-070-180250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 745 PM MDT SAT AUG 17 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN CUSTER COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96 IN NORTHERN CUSTER COUNTY THROUGH 845 PM MDT. AT 745 PM... RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF WESTCLIFFE... MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. 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. JKH
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 8:48 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
COZ070-073-180350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 848 PM MDT SAT AUG 17 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY BETWEEN HIGHWAY 50 AND HIGHWAY 96 THROUGH 945 PM MDT. AT 847 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING 12 MILES NORTHWEST AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN PUEBLO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE DURING A LIGHTNING STORM...FIND A LOW SPOT. SHELTER YOURSELF UNDER SHORTER TREES. AVOID ISOLATED...TALL TREES. STAY AWAY FROM WATER...POWER POLES AND METAL OBJECTS... SUCH AS A FENCE ROW OR GOLF CLUBS. IF IN A GROUP...STAY APART. IF SOMEONE IS STRUCK...OTHERS WILL BE ABLE TO HELP THE VICTIM. JK
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 9:07 PM MDT, 16 minutes before
COZ070-073-180355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 907 PM MDT SAT AUG 17 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING PUEBLO WEST AND BEULAH IN PUEBLO COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PUEBLO WEST AND BEULAH THROUGH 940 PM MDT. AT 907 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF PUEBLO WEST AND 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEULAH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MAY PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. 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. JK
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.