Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1996, 7:04 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 61 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 10, 1996, 7:04 PM MDT (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1996, 8:05 PM MDT
- In force
- 61 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 01:04 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 10, 7:25 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Haswell, 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, 1.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3178 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 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 110104
SVRPUB
COC061-110205-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
704 PM MDT MON JUN 10 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
* UNTIL 805 PM MDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
HIGHWAY 96 BETWEEN HASWELL AND ARLINGTON BY 720 PM MDT
* AT 703 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HASWELL MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
REMEMBER...SEVERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE WARNING.
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 10, 5:08 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
COZ067-071-072-110010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 508 PM MDT MON JUN 10 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EASTER TELLER AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTIES... AT 506 PM PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 2 MILES WEST OF GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS AND 10 MILES NORTHEAST THROUGH 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CALHAN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD AFFECT NORTHERN AND WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM. T HESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MAY PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAINFALL. DC/JK
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
COZ067-071-072-110010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED...HEADLINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 508 PM MDT MON JUN 10 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN TELLER AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTIES... AT 506 PM PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 2 MILES WEST OF GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS AND 10 MILES NORTHEAST THROUGH 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CALHAN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD AFFECT NORTHERN AND WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MAY PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAINFALL. DC/JK
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
COZ076-110025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 521 PM MDT MON JUN 10 1996 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES OVER NORTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS HIGHWAY 96 BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF ORDWAY AND SUGAR CITY BY 535 PM. AT 520 PM PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES MILES NORTH OF ORDWAY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERS0TORMS MAY BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND SOME WILL PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 55 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. DC/JK
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:48 PM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
COZ071-072-110050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 547 PM MDT MON JUN 10 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF EL PASO COUNTY... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM MDT. AT 547 PM PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RAMAH TO THE VICINITY OF SECURITY-WIDEFIELD. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND SOME WILL PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 55 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. DC/JK
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 6:07 PM MDT, 57 minutes before
COZ076-110110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 607 PM MDT MON JUN 10 1996 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES OVER SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CROWLEY/OTERO COUNTY LINE NORTHWEST OF CHERAW BY 610 PM. AT 605 PM PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHERAW. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MAY PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAINFALL. DC/JK
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 6:47 PM MDT, 17 minutes before
COZ076-078-110150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 647 PM MDT MON JUN 10 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOOVING INTO NORTHERN CROWLEY AND WESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE VICINITY OF HASWELL THROUGH 730 PM. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS MAINLY OPEN COUNTRY IN NORTHERN CROWLEY AND WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM. AT 645 PM PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF HASWELL. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF HASWELL AND IN NORTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTjORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND SOME WILL PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 55 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. DC/JK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 3:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 4:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 33 min |
| Jun 11, 4:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 4:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 63 min |
| Jun 11, 5:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 50 min |
| Jun 11, 5:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 49 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.