Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1996, 10:59 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 46 min. 2 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, 10:59 PM MDT (04:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1996, 11:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 11:02 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Lamar, CO | |
| May 9, 11:30 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Holly, 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 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 1389 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1865 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPUB 100459 SVRPUB COC099-100545- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1059 PM MDT THU MAY 9 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO CO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...SOUTHERN PROWERS COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH OPEN COUNTRY EAST OF HIGHWAY 287/385 AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50...APPROACHING HIGHWAY 89 SOUTH OF HOLLY BY 1135 PM...BRINGING 3/4 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL. AT 1058 PM MDT...RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE STORM 25 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF LAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANDS DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR UPDATES ON THE DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
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, 2 hours 9 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 45 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 37 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, 1 hour 12 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, 36 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, 33 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 6:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 49 min |
| May 9, 9:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 46 min |
| May 9, 10:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 61 min |
Nearby
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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.