Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1996, 5:44 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 46 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 22, 1996, 5:44 PM MDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1996, 6:30 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 23:44 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 22, 5:46 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 74 | Lamar, 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, 11.7 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -458 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1713 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 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 222345
SVRPUB
COC099-230030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
544 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
* UNTIL 630 PM MDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
VICINITY OF LAMAR BY 545 PM
* AT 544 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE STORM IN THE VICINITY OF LAMAR MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES.
A FOLLOW UP STATEMENT WITH MORE DETAILS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.
KTWhat 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 22, 11:57 AM MDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
COZ065>068-070>074-077-221855- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1153 AM MDT SAT JUN 22 1996 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO... THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ALONG AND EAST OF THE FOOTHILLS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO THROUGH 1 PM MDT. AT 1152 AM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN PUEBLO AND IN THE VICINITY OF DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MAY PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 45 MPH AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. JK
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 12:11 PM MDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
COZ060>081-230600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1209 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 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 ADEQUATE MOISTURE...MODERATE INSTABILITY AND UPSLOPE FLOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRO>NG TO SEVERE...PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 12:19 PM MDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
COZ073-074-077-221920- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1218 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN HUERFANO AND EXTREME SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTIES... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ALONG AND EAST OF I-25 BETWEEN COLORADO CITY AND WALSENBURG THROUGH 115 PM MDT. AT 1218 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF WALSENBURG MOVING TO THE EA\ST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MAY PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. JK
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:35 PM MDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
COZ076-222040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 134 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN CROWLEY AND WESTERN OTERO COUNTIES... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ALONG HIGHWAYS 96 AND 50 IN SOUTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY AND NORTHERN OTERO COUNTY THROUGH 230 PM MDT. AT 133 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OR ORDWAY IN CROWLEY COUNTY AND 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANZANOLA IN OTERO COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MAY PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. "7"
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
COZ070-073>077-081-222250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 347 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHERN COLORADO UNTIL 900 PM MDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE BETWEEN I-25 AND HIGHWAY 350 IN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY THROUGH 400 PM MDT. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160 IN BACA COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM MDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MAY PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. JK
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:27 PM MDT, 17 minutes before
COZ071>073-230000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 527 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELED FOR THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA AND PUEBLO AREA... SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND PUEBLO...SO THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED IN THE COLORADO SPRINGS AND PUEBLO AREA. THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT EAST OF A LINE FROM LIMON TO AROUND LA JUNTAP AND THEN EAST TO THE KANSAS BORDER. TLM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 1:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 63 min |
| Jun 22, 2:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 64 min |
| Jun 22, 4:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 5:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 62 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.