Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1996, 3:58 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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
- Jun 24, 1996, 3:58 PM MDT (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1996, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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 24, 4:05 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Thatcher, CO | |
| Jun 24, 4:15 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | 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
Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 864 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPUB 242158
SVRPUB
COC071-242230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
358 PM MDT MON JUN 24 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
NORTHERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
* UNTIL 430 PM MDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
DELHI
THATCHER
AND AREAS SURROUNDING HIGHWAY 350
* AT 358 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE STORM IN THE VICINITY OF THATCHER
MOVING NORTHEAST 10 MPH.
REMEMBER...SEVERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE WARNING.
A FOLLOW UP STATEMENT WITH MORE DETAILS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.
RMGWhat 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 24, 12:19 PM MDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
COZ060>081-250600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1216 PM MDT MON JUN 24 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 ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HAS RETURNED TO THE EASTERN COLORADO FOOTHILLS AND POINTS EASTWARD TO THE KANSAS BORDER. DEWPOINTS...A MEASURE OF THE MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE...WERE IN THE 50S AND 60S ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS AT NOON. WARM TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL INHIBIT THUNDERSTORM FORMATION DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. HOWEVER...BY MID AND LATE AFTERNOON...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE VICINITY OF A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST COLORADO. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING 3/4 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. WEST OF THE SURFACE LOW...ISOLATED HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY FOR KIOWA...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:02 PM MDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
COZ077-081-242005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 101 PM MDT MON JUN 24 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SOUTHEAST LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHWEST BACA COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO MAINLY OPEN COUNTRY OF SOUTHEAST LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHWEST BACA COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM MDT. AT 101 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THIS STRONG STORM WAS 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRITCHETT 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 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAINFALL. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. JK
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:18 PM MDT, 40 minutes before
COZ073-076-077-242205- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 318 PM MDT MON JUN 24 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER SOUTHERN PUEBLO... NORTHWEST LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTIES... THESE STRONG STORMS WILL MOVE FROM NORTHWEST OF THATCHER IN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF PUEBLO COUNTY...TO WESTERN OTERO COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF FOWLER BETWEEN 320 PM AND 345 PM MDT. RTMG
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:19 PM MDT, 39 minutes before
COZ073-076-077-242205- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 318 PM MDT MON JUN 24 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER SOUTHERN PUEBLO... NORTHWEST LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTIES... THESE STRONG STORMS WILL MOVE FROM NORTHWEST OF THATCHER IN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF PUEBLO COUNTY...TO WESTERN OTERO COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF FOWLER BETWEEN 320 PM AND 3`45 PM MDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT. RMG
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:53 PM MDT, 5 minutes before
COZ073-242255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 353 PM MDT MON JUN 24 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SPROUTING OVER THE WEST EDGE OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. HAIL...1/2 INCH IN |DIAMETER WAS REPORTED FROM THESE STORMS IN PUEBLO WEST AT 345 PM MDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 20 MPH. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT... RMG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2:36 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 2:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 58 min |
| Jun 24, 2:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 65 min |
| Jun 24, 3:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 50 min |
| Jun 24, 3:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 66 min |
| Jun 24, 4:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 4:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 65 min |
| Jun 24, 5:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 5:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 50 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.