Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1996, 5:55 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 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 17, 1996, 5:55 PM MDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1996, 6:25 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baca County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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 17, 6:00 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Springfield, 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 1609 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 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 172356 RRA
SVRPUB
COC009-180025-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
555 PM MDT MON JUN 17 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
EAST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
* UNTIL 625 PM MDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
HIGHWAY 160 EAST OF BARTLETT
THROUGH 615 PM
* AT 645 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE STORM JUST EAST OF BARTLETT OR 28
MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD MOVING SOUTPHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
A FOLLOW UP STATEMENT WITH MORE DETAILS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.
SR/AHWhat 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 17, 12:21 PM MDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
COZ060>081-170600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1220 PM MDT MON JUN 17 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 EARLY AFTERNOON SATELLITE PICTURES SHOW FAIRLY WIDESPREAD CONVECTION BREAKING OUT OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES CONTINUING OVER THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND EASTERN PLAINS. ISOLATED CELLS WERE INDICATED BY PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR OVER THE SOUTHERN END OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY EAST OF ANTONITO AND JUST EAST OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE NEAR TRINIDAD. AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND EASTERN HIGH PLAINS. LITTLE IF ANY ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO REACH COLORADO'S SOUTHEASTERNMOST COUNTIES. MOISTURE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY IS BASED CHIEFLY AT MID AND HIGH LEVELS. CONSEQUENTLY...THE MAIN THREAT FROM STORMS TODAY ISd WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. AS ALWAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS...LIGHTNING IS ALSO A SERIOUS THREAT. DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. LW
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 12:56 PM MDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
COZ063-064-172000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1256 PM MDT MON JUN 17 1996 ...LINE OF STORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY... AT 1250 PM...PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ALAMOSA TO NEAR THE NEW MEXICO BORDER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS IT TRAVELS EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY THROUGH 130 PM. SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS INCLUDE SAN LUIS... CHAMA...SAN PEDRO...AND LA VALLEY. MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:32 PM MDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
COZ062-068-172135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 232 PM MDT MON JUN 17 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY... AT 230 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED BY PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST AND NORTH OF SAGUACHE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MARCHING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THEN BRUSH ACROSS 6SOUTHERN PARTS OF FREMONT COUNTY AND NORTHERN PARTS OF CUSTER COUNTY BY 255 PM. LOOK FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL OF 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER... AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:12 PM MDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
COZ081-172215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 312 PM MDT MON JUN 17 1996 ...STORM DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY... AT 310 PM...PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF SPRINGFIELD IN BACA COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER HIGHWAY 287 NEAR CAMPO BY 335 PM. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER. MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:22 PM MDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
COZ071-172225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 322 PM MDT MON JUN 17 1996 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OVER HIGHWAY 24 BETWEEN FALCON AND PEYTON BETWEEN 320 PM MDT AND 330 PM MDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. IT MAY ALSO PRODUCE HAIL TO AROUND 1/2 INCH DIAMETER. AT 320 PM MDT...THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLACK FOREST. IT WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 4:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
COZ072-172305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 429 PM MDT MON JUN 17 1996 A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER HIGHWAY 24 BEWTWEEN FALCON AND RAMAH UNTIL 440 PM BRINGING HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST 10 TO 15 MPH. HAYNES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 4:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 5:43 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Baca | 57 min |
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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.