Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1996, 2:31 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 64 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 21, 1996, 2:31 PM MDT (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1996, 3:35 PM MDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Las Animas County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2:55 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Thatcher, 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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 293 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -434 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 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 212031
SVRPUB
COC071-212135-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
231 PM MDT FRI JUN 21 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
* UNTIL 335 PM MDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
TYRONE
THATCHER BY 300 PM
ALONG US 350 BETWEEN 230 AND 3PM MDT
* AT 225 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE STORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TYRONE
MOVING NOR8THEAST AT 20 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES.
A FOLLOW UP STATEMENT WITH MORE DETAILS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.
BFWhat 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 21, 12:13 PM MDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
COZ060>063-211920- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1213 PM MDT FRI JUN 21 1996 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN TO SAGUACHE COUNTY BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM MDT. AT NOON A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR NORTH PASS IN WESTERN SAGUACHE COUNTY ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF THE TOWN OF SAGUACHE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE MOST INTENSE PART OF STORM WILL MOVE ALONG HIGHWAY 114 AND SHOULD PASS JUST NORTH OF THE TOWN OF SAGUACHE AROUND 1230 PM MDT AND TO NEAR THE TOWN OF BONANZA BY 1245 PM MDT. FORTUNE
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 1:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
COZ060>081-212025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 122 PM MDT FRI JUN 21 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OFF OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS SPREADING STRONG WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN OVER THE CITIES OF CANON CITY...AND PUEBLO BY 2 PM MDT. AT 120 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE MOUNTAINS NEAR SALIDA AND OVER THE WET MOUNTAINS NEAR RYE AND BEAULAH. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. THE STORMS WERE ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN FREMONT COUNTY AND PUEBLO COUNTY SHOULD BE MOVED IN DOORS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. BOATERS ON PUEBLO RESERVOIOR AND OTHER AREA LAKES SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. FORTUNE
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 1:43 PM MDT, 48 minutes before
COZ073-212035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 143 PM MDT FRI JUN 21 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARD PUEBLO... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH PUEBLO BETWEEN 145 AND 200PM BRINGING HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. AT 135PM DOOPLER RADAR IN PUEBLO SHOWED THE STORM ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN PUEBLO SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE LOCALLY HEAVY RATINS...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WOLYN
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 1:54 PM MDT, 37 minutes before
COZ073-212030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 154 PM MDT FRI JUN 21 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM... ...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS IN THE PUEBLO AREA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 50 MPH ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN TO THE PUEBLO AREA UNTIL 230 PM MDT. AT 150 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE CITY OF PUEBLO WITH THE MOST INTENSE PORTION OF THE STORM OVER SOUTHERN PUEBLO AND TO THE SOUTHEAST. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PLEASE MOVE INDOORS TO A SAFE SHELTER AREA UNTIL THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING IS A DEADLY FORCE THAT STRIKES WITHOUT NOTICE. FORTUNE
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 2:16 PM MDT, 15 minutes before
COZ071>073-212050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 216 PM MDT FRI JUN 21 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY BY 225 PM MDT BRINGING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THESE STORMS PRODUCED 40 MPH WINDS IN THE PUEBLO AREA. THE MOST INTENSE PART OF THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY TO NEAR THE TOWN OF TRUCKTON BY 245 PM MDT. THE AREA ALONG I-25 BETWEEN PUEBLO AND COLORADO SPRINGS WILL EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS UNTIL 3 PM MDT. SLOW DOWN AND DRIVE CAREFULLY. FORTUNE
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 2:27 PM MDT, 4 minutes before
COZ067-071-072-212100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 227 PM MDT FRI JUN 21 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER TELLER AND ELPASO COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS UNTIL 4PM MDT. FAST MOVING STORMS WILL BRING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH IN THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA. A GUST TO NEAR 50 MPH WAS REPORTED AT THE COLORADO SPRINGS AIRPORT AROUND 220 PM MDT. SOME SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED AROUND THE AREA AS WELL. THE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA UNTIL 3 PM. WITH THE FAST MOVEMENT...THE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN SHOULD BE BRIEF...HOWEVER THERE WILL BE A LOT OF LIGHTNING AND STRONG WINDS. FORTUNE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 12:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Saguache | 46 min |
| Jun 21, 5:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 47 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.