Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1996, 5:55 PM MDT for Crowley County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 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, 5:55 PM MDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1996, 6:20 PM MDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crowley County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 6:00 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Crowley, 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 072355
SVRPUB
COC025-080030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
555 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
SOUTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
* UNTIL 620 PM MDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
CROWLEY BY 555 PM
OLNEY SPRINGS BY 600 PM
* AT 554 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE STORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF CROWLEY
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
A TORNADO W~ATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES.
A FOLLOW UP STATEMENT WITH MORE DETAILS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.
TMWhat 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, 1:34 PM MDT, 4 hours 21 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, 3 hours 54 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, 2 hours 7 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
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 4:16 PM MDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
COZ073-072305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 416 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 1996 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY... ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM MDT... YOU CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 ACROSS OPEN COUNTRY OF SOUTHEAST PUEBLO COUNTY THROUGH 5 PM MDT. HAIL UNDER 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. AT 4d15 PM THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN PUEBLO... AND EAST OF I-25.
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 5:15 PM MDT, 40 minutes before
COZ073-076-077-079-081-080020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 515 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO... WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG STORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY AND WILL MOVE INTO AND THROUGH CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES THROUGH 6OO PM. ANOTHER STORM WAS IN SOUTHEAST OTERO COUNTY...ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA JUNTA...AND STILL ANOTHER STORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD IN BACA COUNTY. THESE TWO STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS OPEN COUNTRY THROUGH 600 PM. ALL THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WHICH WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND IN LOW SPOTS AND ON ROADWAYS...HAIL UNDER 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. TLM
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 5:45 PM MDT, 10 minutes before
COZ076-080050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 545 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 1996 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN CROWLEY COUNTY... A VERY STRONG STORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CROWLEYb WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH...AND BE IN OLNEY SPRINGS AND CROWLEY BY 550 PM. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL JUST UNDER 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER AND GUSTY WINDS TO 55 MPH. TLM
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, 4:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 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.