Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1996, 3:27 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 63 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 19, 1996, 3:27 PM MDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 1996, 4:30 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 21:27 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 19, 3:40 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | 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 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, Aug 19, 12:00 PM MDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Aug 19, 2:27 PM MDT, 1 hour before
COZ072-192130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 226 PM MDT MON AUG 19 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE MONUMENT AREA... YOU CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH... AND HAIL APPROACHING 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER IN THE MONUMENT AREA IN NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM MDT. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS GOING TO AFFECT CRYSTOLA ALONG HIGHWAY 24 THROUGH 235 PM MDT. AT 225 PM MDT...RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST STORM LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF MONUMENT...WITH ANOTHER STORM LOCATED OVER THE COMMUNITY OF CRYSTOLA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 3:14 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
COZ071-072-192215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 313 PM MDT MON AUG 19 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY... EXPECT PERIODS OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH OVER MOST OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH 410 PM MDT. AT 308 PM DOPPLER RADAR WAS DETECTING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 20 MILES WIDE...EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SECURITY TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLACK FOREST. AT 310 PM A SPOTTER REPORTED HAIL OF A HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AT THE INTERSECTION OF BRIARGATE AND ACADEMY. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WASp TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF 0.75 TO 1.00 INCH PER HOUR IN THE MONUMENT HILL AREA SINCE 215 PM MDT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 65 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.