Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1996, 6:50 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 50 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
- Jul 7, 1996, 6:50 PM MDT (00:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1996, 7:40 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 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, 7:02 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Lamar, CO | |
| Jul 7, 7:15 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Bristol, 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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 378 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2913 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPUB 080050
SVRPUB
COC099-080140-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
650 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
* UNTIL 740 PM MDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
LAMAR
US 50 EAST OF LAMAR
* AT 650 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE STORM OVER LAMAR MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES.
A FOLLOW UP STATEMENT WITH MORE DETAILS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.
PWWhat 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, 2:01 PM MDT, 4 hours 49 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, 3 hours 2 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, 2 hours 34 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, 1 hour 35 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, 1 hour 5 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
Local storm report, Jul 7, 6:35 PM MDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
633 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 1996
TIME(MDT) ...CITY LOCATION... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
..COUNTY LOCATION..
225 PM 1 W PEYTON CO BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD
7/7/96 EL PASO
237 PM 2 W PEYTON CO 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/7/96 EL PASO
239 PM PEYTON CO 60 MPH WIND GUST
7/7/96 EL PASO
245 PM 5 SW PEYTON CO BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD
7/7/96 EL PASO
255 PM 5 S PEYTON CO 1.00 INCH HAIL
7/7/96 EL PASO
310 PM 5 NW ELLICOTT CO 1.00 INCH HAIL
7/7/96 EL PASO
322 PM 5 NW YODER CO 1.00 INCH HAIL
7/7/96 EL PASO
340 PM 1 E ELLICOTT CO 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/7/96 EL PASO
440 PM 8 S FOUNTAIN CO 1.00 INCH HAIL
7/7/96 EL PASO
600 PM CROWLEY CO 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/7/96 CROWLEY
SC/TLMNearby
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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.