Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1996, 7:31 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 64 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 25, 1996, 7:31 PM MDT (01:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1996, 8:35 PM MDT
- In force
- 64 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 01:31 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 25, 7:35 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Campo, CO | |
| Jun 25, 8:15 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Stonington, 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, 1.5 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
- 1224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPUB 260131
SVRPUB
COC009-260235-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
731 PM MDT TUE JUN 25 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
* UNTIL 835 PM MDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
CAMPO THROUGH 750 PM
* AT 730 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE STORM IN THE VICINITY OF CAMPO
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
REMEMBER...SEVERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES W~ITH LITTLE WARNING.
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 25, 3:40 PM MDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
COZ077-252230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 339 PM MDT TUE JUN 25 1996 ...STRONG STORM DEVELOPING IN SOUTHERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY... A STRONG STORM WILL MOVE JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 160 AND INTO THE VICINITY OF VILLEGREEN BY 425 PM MDT. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL 5/8 INCH IN DIAMETER OR LESS...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. AT 335 PM PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS STRONG STORM DEVELOPING 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VILLEGREEN MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 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. KT
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 4:24 PM MDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
COZ077-252330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 423 PM MDT TUE JUN 25 1996 ...STRONG STORMS MOVING THROUGH EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY... A CLUSTER OF STRONG STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF KIM AND VILLEGREEN THROUGH 520 PM MDT. THESE STORMS PRODUCED PEA SIZE HAIL IN THE TOWN OF KIM AT 420 PM ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. AT 420 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST STORM IN THE VICINITY OF KIM...MOVING NORTHEAST 15 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 APPROACpHES... 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. KT/AH
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 5:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
COZ077-260105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 545 PM MDT TUE JUN 25 1996 ...HEAVY RAIN IN AND AROUND KIM PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLOODING... AREAS OF LOWLAND FLOODING WITH SOME WATER RUNNING OVER HIGHWAY 160 IN EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH 645 PM. THE CLUSTER OF STORMS OVER EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AS IT WEAKENS. THESE RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO WESTERN BACA COUNTY BY 545 PM WITH THE STRONGEST STORM EXPECTED TO AFFECT PRITCHETT BETWEEN 600 AND 630 PM MDT. THESE STORMS COULD BRING SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS. THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING THE TOWN OF KIM THROUGH 645 PM MDT. A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED JUST OVER AN INCH OF RAINFALL IN KIM BETWEEN 400 AND 630 PM MDT...WITH PARTS OF HIGHWAY 160 EXPERIENCING LOCALIZED FLOODING. SOME LOW LYING AREAS AND PASTURE LAND IN EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY WERE ALSO REPORTED UNDER WATER. LOOK FOR LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS IN THE VICINITY OF KIM TO TAPER OFF BETWEEN 530 AND 600 PM MDT. KT/AH
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 5:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
COZ077-260105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TYPO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 545 PM MDT TUE JUN 25 1996 ...HEAVY RAIN IN AND AROUND KIM PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLOODING... AREAS OF LOWLAND FLOODING WITH SOME WATER RUNNING OVER HIGHWAY 160 IN EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH 645 PM. THE CLUSTER OF STORMS OVER EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AS IT WEAKENS. THESE RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO WESTERN BACA COUNTY BY 545 PM WITH THE STRONGEST STORM EXPECTED TO AFFECT PRITCHETT BETWEEN 600 AND 630 PM MDT. THESE STORMS COULD BRING SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS. THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING THE TOWN OF KIM THROUGH 645 PM MDT. A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED JUST OVER AN INCH OF RAINFALL IN KIM BETWEEN 400 AND 530 PM MDT...WITH PARTS OF HIGHWAY 160 EXPERIENCING LOCALIZED FLOODING. SOME LOW LYING AREAS AND PASTURE LAND IN EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY WERE ALSO REPORTED UNDER WATER. LOOK FOR LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS IN THE VICINITY OF KIM TO TAPER OFF BETWEEN 530 AND 600 PM MDT. KT/AH
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 6:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
COZ079>081-260115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 612 PM MDT TUE JUN 25 1996 ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EXTREME SOUTHEAST COLORADO... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH BACA...BENT AND PROWERS COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM MDT. THE STRONGEST STORM IN THIS LINE WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 287/385 BETWEEN SPRINGFIELD AND LAMAR BETWEEN 625 AND 645 PM MDT. THESE STORMS MAY BRING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...HAIL LESS THAN 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER...AND GUSTY WINDS. AT 608 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING 10 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAMAR...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 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...WHE RE IT IS NOT RAINING AND WHERE YOU MAY BE. KT
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 7:24 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
COZ081-260230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 724 PM MDT TUE JUN 25 1996 ...STRONG STORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHERN BACA COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE TO THE VICINITY OF CAMPO BY 730 PM MDT...BRINGING MAINLY BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. HOWEVER...SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THIS STORM. AT 720 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS STORM 5 MILES WEST OF CAMPO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.n
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 45 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.