Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1996, 6:41 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1996, 6:41 PM MDT (00:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1996, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 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
- 1605 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1342 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPUB 140041
SVRPUB
COC041-140145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
641 PM MDT SAT JUL 13 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
* UNTIL 745 PM MDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
IN THE VICINITY AND EAST OR RAMAH BY 655 PM MDT
* AT 641 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE STORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF RAMAH
MOVING SOUTHEAST 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.
JKWhat 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 13, 2:32 PM MDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
COZ073-132135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 232 PM MDT SAT JUL 13 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO PUEBLO COUNTY... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING..BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL BY 235 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE IN THE CITY OF PUEBLO BETWEEN 300 PM TO 315 PM MDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..LWIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH..SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 9PM THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:36 PM MDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
COZ073-132240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 336 PM MDT SAT JUL 13 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS HIGHWAY 96 OVER FAR WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY BY 345 PM AND APPROACH HIGHWAY 78 SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO BY 400 PM. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN..WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.. SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. AT 335 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM WAS 16 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO..MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:59 PM MDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
COZ073-132305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 359 PM MDT SAT JUL 13 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN PUEBLO COUNTY... A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 78 ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO BY 405 PM THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL APPROACH I-25 BETWEEN COLORADO CITY AND PUEBLO AROUND 430 PM. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. AT 357 PM THIS ~STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 21 MPH. SR/JLH
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:40 PM MDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
COZ073-132345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 440 PM MDT SAT JUL 13 1996 ...TORDANO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY BRINGING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN TO INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN PUEBLO AND COLORADO CITY THROUGH 450 PM. AT 43O PM...RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM CENTERED ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF PUEBLON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAYNES
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 5:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
COZ067-071-073-140025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 521 PM MDT SAT JUL 13 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR EL PASO AND NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST TELLER AND SOUTHWEST EL PASO COUNTIES... THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHWESTERN AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM MDT. AT 518 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 8 MILES SOUTHWEST AND 16 MILES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MAY PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 55 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. JK
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 6:30 PM MDT, 11 minutes before
COZ067-071-072-140135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 630 PM MDT SAT JUL 13 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR EL PASO AND NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT FOR A LARGE PORTION SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO... ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF EL PASO COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER NORTHEASTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM MDT. AT 630 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF CALHAN WITH OTHER THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CALHAN AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MAY PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 55 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. JK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 8:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 9:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 65 min |
| Jul 14, 12:01 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 64 min |
| Jul 14, 12:51 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 59 min |
| Jul 14, 12:55 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 1:17 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 63 min |
| Jul 14, 1:33 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 62 min |
| Jul 14, 1:42 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 63 min |
| Jul 14, 2:34 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 61 min |
| Jul 14, 2:40 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.