Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 9, 1996Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1996, 10:34 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 61 min. 3 reports 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
May 9, 1996, 10:34 PM MDT (04:34 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1996, 11:35 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 04:36 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 10:54 PM MDTHail 1Haswell, CO
May 9, 11:12 PM MDTHail 1.75Eads, CO
May 9, 11:35 PM MDTHail 0.75Brandon, 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, 4.6 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1996-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 123 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1996-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -49 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPUB 100434
SVRPUB
COC061-100535-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1034 PM MDT THU MAY 9 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO CO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1135 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

   ...KIOWA COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ALONG HIGHWAY  96 AND WILL BE NEAR
HASWELL BY 1040 PM...BRINGING 3/4 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH.

AT 1033 PM...RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE STORM 5 MILES WEST OF
HASWELL...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
 
ADVANCE PLANNING DURING A TORNADO WATCH IS ESSENTIAL. YOU SHOULD
KNOW WHERE TO GO TO BE SAFE IN THE PLACE YOU ARE...OR WILL BE
LOCATED.

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, May 9, 8:50 PM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
COZ078-100425-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
850 PM MDT THU MAY 9 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEAST KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 848 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF
SHERIDAN LAKE ALONG HIGHWAY 385.  THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HAIL UP TO
3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 60
MPH.  THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

ADVANCE PLANNING DURING A TORNADO WATCH IS ESSENTIAL. YOU SHOULD
KNOW WHERE TO GO TO BE SAFE IN THE PLACE YOU ARE...OR WILL BE
LOCATED.
Special weather statement, May 9, 9:14 PM MDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
COZ073-100450-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
914 PM MDT THU MAY 9 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY AT 910 PM WAS
PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL IN AVONDALE.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING
EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH BOONE BY 920
PM...PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

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 RAININdG AND WHERE YOU MAY BE.
Special weather statement, May 9, 9:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
COZ071-072-100425-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
922 PM MDT THU MAY 9 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN COLORADO SPRING PRODUCING HAIL...

AT 920 PM RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN COLORADO
SPRINGS...PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 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.
Special weather statement, May 9, 9:47 PM MDT, 47 minutes before
COZ076-100520-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
947 PM MDT THU MAY 9 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN CROWLEY COUNTY...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS HIGHWAY 71 NORTH OF ORDWAY AROUND
1000 PM...BRINGING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

AT 946 PM THE STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF
ORDWAY...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 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 MAYB BE.
Special weather statement, May 9, 10:23 PM MDT, 11 minutes before
COZ078-100545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1023 PM MDT THU MAY 9 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY
96...APPROACHING HASWELL AROUND 1045 PM MDT.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  SMALL HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN
SHOULD BE EXPECTED.

ADVANCE PLANNING DURING A TORNADO WATCH IS ESSENTIAL. YOU SHOULD
KNOW WHERE TO GO TO BE SAFE IN THE PLACE YOU ARE...OR WILL BE
LOCATED.
Special weather statement, May 9, 10:26 PM MDT, 8 minutes before
COZ080-100600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1026 PM MDT THU MAY 9 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN PROWERS COUNTY...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS HIGHWAY 287/385 SOUTH OF LAMAR BY
1045 PM...BRINGING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.  THIS
STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

AT 1025 PM THE STORM WAS 20 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF LAMAR.

ADVANCE PLANNING DURING A TORNADO WATCH IS ESSENTIAL. YOU SHOULD
KNOW WHERE TO GO TO BE SAFE IN THE PLACE YOU ARE...OR WILL BE
LOCATED.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 6:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso49 min
May 9, 9:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero46 min
May 9, 10:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers46 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.