Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1996, 4:10 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 50 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
- Jul 7, 1996, 4:10 PM MDT (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1996, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County El Paso County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 4:40 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Fountain, 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2098 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 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 072211
SVRPUB
COC041-072300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
410 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
* UNTIL 500 PM MDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
CROSSING INTERSTATE 25 2 MILES SOUTH OF FOUNTAIN BY 415 PM
* AT 410 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED SEVERE STORMS 2 MILES SOUTH OF FOUNTAIN
AND 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF FOU@NTAIN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES.
A FOLLOW UP STATEMENT WITH MORE DETAILS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.
SCWhat 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, Jul 7, 12:12 PM MDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
COZ060-061-066-074-075-071915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1212 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 1996 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS... A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED...AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NEAR WALSENBURG BY 1245 PM MDT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE GOING TO MOVE ACROSS SAN ISABEL NATIONAL FOREST...JUST SOUTH OF RYE...BY 1215 PM MDT...AND EAST OF CUCHARAS PASS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 12...THROUGH 1245 PM. AT 1210 PM THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF CUCHARAS PASS...WITH ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALSENBURG. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AROUND 10 MPH. LATEST SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY DETECTED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE LA GARITA AND EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...BETWEEN SOUTH FORK TO JUST NORTH OF DEL NORTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO MOVING EAST AROUND 10 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.
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 12:46 PM MDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
COZ066-074-075-071935- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1246 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS... THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF COLORADO CITY TO NEAR LA VETA PASS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS I-25 AND THROUGH OPEN COUNTRY WEST OF WALSENBURG THROUGH 115 PM. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AGUILAR TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRINIDAD WILL MOVE TO NEAR AGUILAR AND JUST WEST OF TRINDAD BY 115 PM. AT 1243 PM...RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST STORMS 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AGUILAR...15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF TRINIDAD AND NEAR LA VETA PASS. THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...WINDS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL LESS THAN 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. 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...POW`ER 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. TLM
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 12:57 PM MDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
COZ066-071945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1257 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 1996 ...THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WEST OF TRINIDAD OVER THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS... A THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN SOUTH OF VIGIL AND IN THE UTE HILLS WEST OF TRINIDAD. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ABOUT ONE INCH OF RAINFALL SINCE NOON MDT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS GOING TO CAUSE RISES IN STREAMS...DRY CREEK BEDS AND ARRxOYOS WHICH DRAIN INTO THE PURGATOIRE RIVER AND DOWNSTREAM TO WESTON. LITTLE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN DETECTED WITH THIS STORM...THUS LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 130 PM ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS. SC
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 1:34 PM MDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
COZ074-075-072020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 134 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 1996 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF WALSENBURG... AT 130 PM...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CENTERED ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF WALSENBURG WAS SHOWING A SLOW EASTWARD MOVEMENT AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE OVER OPEN COUNTRY WEST OF I-25 THROUGH 200 PM. THE STORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH. 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. TLM/SC
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:01 PM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
COZ072-072050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 201 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE IN NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS ARE GOING TO BE MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH ACROSS NORTHERN PARTS OF EL PASO COUNTY...NEARING RAMAH BY 230 PM MDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL APPROACH THE BLACK FOREST BY 210 PM MDT...CROSSING HIGHWAY 24 BY 220 PM. EXPECT FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL NEARING 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND SOME WILL PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. SC
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 3:48 PM MDT, 22 minutes before
COZ073-072250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 348 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 1996 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING JUST SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO... AT 345 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN PUEBLO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL CROSS INTERSTATE 25 JUST SOUTH OF PUEBLO BY 355 PM...THEN MOVE ACROSS OPEN COUNTRY. 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. SC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 63 min |
| Jul 7, 2:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 3:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 5:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 25 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.