Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1996, 7:18 PM MDT for Bent County, Otero 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
- Jun 9, 1996, 7:18 PM MDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1996, 8:20 PM MDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bent County, CO, Otero County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:25 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Hasty, 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2977 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 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 100118
SVRPUB
COC011-089-100220-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
718 PM MDT SUN JUN 9 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
EASTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
* UNTIL 820 PM MDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
LA JUNTA
717 PM MDT
HASTY
740 PM MDT
* AT 716 RADAR SHOWED SEVERE STORMS 10 MILES NORTH OF HASTY TO LA ,JUNTA
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
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, Jun 9, 3:23 PM MDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
COZ074-092200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 323 PM MDT SUN JUN 9 1996 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS IN WALSENBURG UNTIL 345 PM... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN NORTHERN HUERFANO COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF WALSENBURG...UNTIL 345 PM. AT 310 PM...RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORM TO BE 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF WALSENBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL WEAKEN RAPIDLY...BUT MAY PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS AWAY FROM THE STORM UNTIL AROUND 345 PM. HAYNES
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:24 PM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
COZ075-092310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 422 PM MDT SUN JUN 9 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE VICINITY OF TRINIDAD... AT 422 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES WEST OF TRINIDAD. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD AFFECT THE TRINIDAD AREA THROUGH 500 PM MDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MAY PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MPH AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. JK
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:47 PM MDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
COZ076-092350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 447 PM MDT SUN JUN 9 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN WESTERN CROWLEY COUNTY... AT 445 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF OLNEY SPRINGS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF OLNEY SPRINGS...FOWLER...CROWLEY...MANZANOLA AND ORDWAY THROUGH 530 PM MDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND SOME MAY PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 50 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE...AND BRING DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM...YOU ARE URGED TO FIND SHELTER BEFORE IT REACHES YOUR AREA. JK
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:08 PM MDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
COZ063-092340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 508 PM MDT SUN JUN 9 1996 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH GUSTY WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF ALAMOSA... AT 507 PM MDT A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS AROUND 50 MPH WAS IN THE VICINITY OF ALAMOSA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD AFFECT THE ALAMOSA AREA THROUGH 530 PM MDT. THIS THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS AR@OUND 50 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
COZ071-073-076-077-079-100050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 551 PM MDT SUN JUN 9 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO... AT 550 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS AROUND 50 MPH WERE OVER SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO...NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO...AND SOUTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 5 MILES WEST OF NINAVIEW IN BENT COUNTY AND 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN PUEBLO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MAY PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 50 MPH AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE...AND BRING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...YOU ARE URGED TO FIND SHELTER BEFORE IT REACHES YOUR AREA.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:06 PM MDT, 12 minutes before
COZ079-100155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 706 PM MDT SUN JUN 9 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO BENT COUNTY... AT 706 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS AROUND 50 MPH WERE OVER NORTHWESTERN BENT COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS IN THE VICINITY OF LAS ANIMAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MAY PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. JK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 6:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa | 59 min |
| Jun 9, 7:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 64 min |
| Jun 9, 8:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 60 min |
| Jun 10, 1:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Pueblo | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 2:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 60 min |
| Jun 10, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Pueblo | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 3:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 58 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.