Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1996, 3:06 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 49 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 13, 1996, 3:06 PM MDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1996, 3:55 PM MDT
- In force
- 49 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 21:10 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 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1789 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 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 132106
SVRPUB
COC041-132155-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
306 PM MDT THU JUN 13 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
* UNTIL 355 PM MDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS
FALCON BY 335 PM
* AT 305 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE STORM NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
REMEMBER...SEVNERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE WARNING.
A FOLLOW UP STATEMENT WITH MORE DETAILS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.
RSGWhat 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 13, 12:10 PM MDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
COZ060>081-140600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1155 AM MDT THU JUN 13 1996 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES: ALAMOSA BACA BENT CHAFFEE CONEJOS COSTILLA CROWLEY CUSTER EL PASO FREMONT HUERFANO KIOWA LAS ANIMAS MINERAL OTERO PROWERS PUEBLO RIO GRANDE SAGUACHE TELLER ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS ALONG WITH A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY... WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUING TO STREAM FROM OLD MEXICO THROUGH NEW MEXICO AND INTO COLORADO. MEANWHILE...RAINFALL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED MOISTURE AT LOW LEVELS. REGIONAL WIND PROFILERS INDICATE RELATIVELY LIGHT WIND FLOW THROUGH THE LOWER AND MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE WHICH WILL RESULT IN SLOW MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS AND INCREASED RAINFALL AMOUNTS. THEREFORE...THE MAIN THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS TODAY IS HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. HIGH ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WILL ALSO RESULT IN STRONG UPDRAFTS...WHICH WILL SUPPORT LARGE HAIL AROUND ONE INCH IN DIAMETER IN ISOLATED STORMS...WITH THE MAIN THREAT OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS. BASICALLY...THE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY WITH THE AREAL COVERAGE OF RAINFALL AROUND 50 PERCENT FROM SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF RECEIVING HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM A PARTICULAR THUNDERSTORM. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY...BUT ISOLATED REPORTS MAY BE REQUESTED FROM WEATHER SPOTTERS. REPORTS OF RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AS WELL AS ANY HAIL WOULD ALSO BE APPRECIATED. HAYNES
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 12:12 PM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
COZ060>081-140600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1205 PM MDT THU JUN 13 1996 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES: ALAMOSA BACA BENT CHAFFEE CONEJOS COSTILLA CROWLEY CUSTER EL PASO FREMONT HUERFANO KIOWA LAS ANIMAS MINERAL OTERO PROWERS PUEBLO RIO GRANDE SAGUACHE TELLER ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS ALONG WITH A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY... WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUING TO STREAM FROM OLD MEXICO THROUGH NEW MEXICO AND INTO COLORADO. MEANWHILE...RAINFALL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED MOISTURE AT LOW LEVELS. REGIONAL WIND PROFILERS INDICATE RELATIVELY LIGHT WIND FLOW THROUGH THE LOWER AND MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE WHICH WILL RESULT IN SLOW MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS AND INCREASED RAINFALL AMOUNTS. THEREFORE...THE MAIN THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS TODAY IS HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. HIGH ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WILL ALSO RESULT IN STRONG UPDRAFTS...WHICH WILL SUPPORT LARGE HAIL AROUND ONE INCH IN DIAMETER IN ISOLATED STORMS...WITH THE MAIN THREAT OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS. BASICALLY...THE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY WITH THE AREAL COVERAGE OF RAINFALL AROUND 50 PERCENT FROM SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF RECEIVING HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM A PARTICULAR THUNDERSTORM. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY...BUT ISOLATED REPORTS MAY BE REQUESTED FROM WEATHER SPOTTERS. REPORTS OF RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AS WELL AS ANY HAIL WOULD ALSO BE APPRECIATED. HAYNES
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:01 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
COZ075-132050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 201 PM MDT THU JUN 13 1996 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF AGUILAR AND 10 MILES WEST OF TRINIDAD OVER SEGUNDO. THESE STORM WILL BRING HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS TO THESE AREAS OVER THE NEXT HOUR. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST HAT 15 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE AREA FROM SEGUNDO TO TRINIDAD SHOULD WATCH FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING ALONG LOW LYING AREAS. RSG/PW
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:42 PM MDT, 24 minutes before
COZ071-073-132130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 242 PM MDT THU JUN 13 1996 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST EL PASO COUNTY AND WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR. AT 235 PM...RADAR INDICATED TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. ONE WAS LOCATED 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOUNTAIN AND THE OTHER WAS FOUR MILES EAST OF BUELAH. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. A SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED HALF INCH HAIL WITH THE BEULAH STORM. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:50 PM MDT, 16 minutes before
COZ071-072-132140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 250 PM MDT THU JUN 13 1996 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF COLORADO SPRINGS WILL BRING HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL UP TO A HALF INCH DIAMETER TO THAT AREA. AT 240 PM SPOTTERS REPORTED HAIL UP TO A HALF INCH DIAMETER IN BRIARGATE AND AT THE CHAPPEL HILLS MALL. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. RSG/PW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 6:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.