Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1996, 1:08 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 57 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 30, 1996, 1:08 PM MDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1996, 2:05 PM MDT
- In force
- 57 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 19:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 1:23 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Vilas, 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, 7.1 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
- 162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jun 30, 8:47 AM MDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
COZ076-078>080-301650- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 847 AM MDT SUN JUN 30 1996 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER CROWLEY AND BENT COUNTIES... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN CROWLEY AND BENT COUNTIES THROUGH AT LEAST 10 AM. STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. BECAUSE OF THIS SLOW MOVEMENT...THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS APPROACHING ONE INCH PER HOUR...WHICH MAY NPRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. AT 844 AM...RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF ORDWAY ALONG HIGHWAY 71...AND 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAS ANIMAS.
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 9:01 AM MDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
COZ080-081-301605- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 901 AM MDT SUN JUN 30 1996 ...SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHERN PROWERS AND NORTHERN BACA COUNTIES... MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED OVER SOUTHERN PROWERS AND NORTHERN BACA COUNTIES...SO THE ADVISORY WAS NOT EXTENDED PAST 9 AM. CONTINUE TO WATCH FOR WATER IN LOW SPOTS ON ROADS AND SLOW DOWN IN THESE AREAS.
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 10:29 AM MDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
COZ076-301750- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1029 AM MDT SUN JUN 30 1996 ...SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHEAST HALF OF CROWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 1130 AM... LATEST DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL WHICH HAD ALREADY OCCURRED THIS MORNING OVER NORTHEAST CROWLEY COUNTY INDICATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEARING 3.5 INCHES IN THE VICINITY OF SUGAR CITY AND ALONG HIGHWAY 71 JUST NORTH OF ORDWAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE GOING TO BE LIKELY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF YOUR MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHEAST HALF OF CROWLEY COUNTY. THUS... THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR NORTHEAST CROWLEY COUNTY IS GOING TO REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH 1130 AM. AT 1025 AM DOPPLER RADAR IN PUEBLO SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF ORDWAY...ALONG HIGHWAY 71. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED ALL THE WAY TO THE KIOWA COUNTY BORDER. MOVEMENT CONTINUED SLOWLY TO THE NORTH AT 10 MPH. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE OR WALK INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY. FAST FLOWING WATER ONE AND A HALF FEET DEEP CAN EASILY FLIP A VEHICLE OVER OR CARRY IT DOWN A CREEK OR RIVER. WHETHER ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE...FIND HIGHER GROUND DURING HIGH WATER SITUATIONS. KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER.
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 10:58 AM MDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
COZ060>081-010600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1100 AM MDT SUN JUN 30 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 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS...BACA AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS. A PLUME OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE HAD SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS MORNING WITH EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER OVER THIS AREA. HOWEVER...THE CLOUD COVER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO ERODE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER BENT...PROWERS...BACA AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SLIGHT RISK AREA TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE 80S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 50S TO MID 60S. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND ISOLATED STORMS IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING HAIL GREATER THAN 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER AND/OR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR DUE TO THE EXPECTED SLOW MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...THAT MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. SPO8TTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED IN THE PUEBLO AND COLORADO SPRINGS AREAS TODAY...BUT SOME AREAS MAY NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR HIGH WATER IN AND NEAR THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 11:38 AM MDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
COZ076-301840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1138 AM MDT SUN JUN 30 1996 ...SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EXPIRED AT 1130 AM FOR THE NORTHEAST HALF OF CROWLEY COUNTY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS CROWLEY COUNTY...SO THE ADVISORY WAS NOT EXTENDED PAST 1130 AM. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT A 15 MILE WIDE BAND OF ONE INCH OR GREATER RAINFALL HAD FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY. THIS NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ORIENTED BAND EXTENDED FROM EXTREME SOUTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF CROWLEY COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL...FROM 2.5 TO NEARLY 4.0 INCHES OF RAIN...FELL IN AN AREA NORTHEAST OF ORDWAY AND BOUNDED BY HIGHWAYS 71 AND 96. THE AREA WAS JUST NORTH OF SUGAR CITY AND EXTENDED FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF ORDWAY TO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF SUGAR CITY.
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 12:34 PM MDT, 34 minutes before
COZ081-302010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1234 PM MDT SUN JUN 30 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN BACA COUNTY... THROUGH 130 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN BACA COUNTY MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. ALL THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS NORTH AT 15 MPH. CAMPO AND HIGHWAY 287/385 SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE THUNDERSTORMS. AT 1230 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST STORMS LOCATED 29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...17 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD OR 4 MILES NORTH OF CAMPO...24 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD OR 5 MILES EAST OF CAMPO. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE DURING A LIGHTNING STORM...FIND A LOW SPOT. SHELTER YOURSELF UNDER SHORTER TREES. AVOID ISOLATED...TALL TREES. STAY AWAY FROM WATER...POWER POLES AND METAL OBJECTS... SUCH AS A FENCE ROW OR GOLF CLUBS. IF IN A GROUP...STAY APART. IF SOMEONE IS STRUCK...OTHERS WILL BE ABLE TO HELP THE VICTIM. SR
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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.