Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 9, 1996Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1996, 7:36 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 9, 1996, 7:36 PM MDT (01:36 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 1996, 8:40 PM MDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Whole counties

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPUB 100136
SVRPUB
COC061-100240-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
736 PM MDT SUN JUN 9 1996

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY      IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 840 PM MDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    CHIVINGTON
    750 PM MDT

* AT 735 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE STORM 10 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF
CHIVINGTON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

A FOLLOW UP STATEMENT WxITH MORE DETAILS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.

JK

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, Jun 9, 3:23 PM MDT, 4 hours 13 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, 3 hours 12 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 49 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 28 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 45 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, 30 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, 7:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	62 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, 1996 Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.