Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1997, 3:12 PM MDT for Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 48 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
- May 6, 1997, 3:12 PM MDT (21:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 1997, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Baca County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2:45 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 2873 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
137 WUUS1 KPUB 062116 SVRPUB COC009-099-062200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 312 PM MDT TUE MAY 6 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO * UNTIL 400 PM MDT * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED OPEN COUNTY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 116 AND EAST OF TWO BUTES * AT 305PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE STORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF TWO BUTTES MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. AT THIS TIME...THE MOST LIKELY SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS STORM IS LARGE HAIL. A SPOTTER 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF TWO BUTTES REPORTED 1/2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND THE STORM IS INTENSIFYING. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE NEAR THIS SEVERE STORM...GO TO SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. PW &
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.
NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 6, 2:43 PM MDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 2:43 PM MDT, 29 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 235 PM MDT TUE MAY 6 1997 MAIN CONCERN TONIGHT WILL BE THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST SECTOR OF CWA. 19Z FSL DATA INDICATES CAPES IN EXCESS OF 2800 J/KG OVER BACA COUNTY WAITING TO BE TAPPED. SPC IN PROCESS OF ISSUING TORNADO WATCH BOX FOR BACA...PROWERS AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. LATEST RADAR/SATELLITE RETURNS INDICATE MAIN ACTIVITY CURRENTLY JUST SOUTH OF COLORADO IN NEW MEXICO. FOR REMAINDER OF CWA WILL PAINT MAINLY HIGH-BASED ISOLATED TO SCATTERED EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AROUND 5F WARMER THAN PREVIOUS DAY. FOLLOWED GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES CLOSELY. "7"
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 6, 12:15 PM MDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
COZ060>081-070600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1215 PM MDT TUE MAY 6 1997 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 ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...INCLUDING KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS...BACA AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON ALONG A SURFACE TROUGH OR DRYLINE. IF THUNDERSTORMS DO DEVELOP...A FEW MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WOULD LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE ENDING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IN THESE COUNTIES MAY BE NECESSARY. ELSEWHERE...THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE DRYING OUT THIS AFTERNOON. ADEQUATE MID LEVEL MOISTURE COMBINED WITH STRONG DAYTIME HEATING WILL PRODUCE WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH LIGHTNING. 7
Special weather statement, May 6, 12:17 PM MDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
COZ060>081-070600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1215 PM MDT TUE MAY 6 1997 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 ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...INCLUDING KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS...BACA AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON ALONG A SURFACE TROUGH OR DRYLINE. IF THUNDERSTORMS DO DEVELOP...A FEW MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WOULD LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE ENDING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IN THESE COUNTIES MAY BE NECESSARY. ELSEWHERE...THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE DRYING OUT THIS AFTERNOON. ADEQUATE MID LEVEL MOISTURE COMBINED WITH STRONG DAYTIME HEATING WILL PRODUCE WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH LIGHTNING. "7"
Special weather statement, May 6, 1:43 PM MDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
COZ076-079-081-062035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 143 PM MDT TUE MAY 6 1997 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO... THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO. AT 135 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN OTERO AND BENT COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM IS 15 MILES SOUTH OF LA JUNTA MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH. A LINE OF STRONGER STORMS IS DEVLOPING JUST SOUTH OF THE COLORADO/NEW MEXICO BORDER. A DEVELOPING STORM IS 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AS THESE STORMS MOVE INTO BACA COUNTY...THEY MAY INTENSIFY AS CONDITIONS ARE MORE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER. WOLYN
Special weather statement, May 6, 1:48 PM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
COZ062-063-062040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 148 PM MDT TUE MAY 6 1997 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY THROUGH 230PM BRINGING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...PEA SIZED HAIL...AND LOCAL DOWNPOURS. AT 145 PM...A STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF CENTER MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. ANOTHER STORM IS DEVELOPING NEAR DEL NORTE MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. WOLYN
Special weather statement, May 6, 1:49 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
COZ062-063-062040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 148 PM MDT TUE MAY 6 1997 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY THROUGH 230PM BRINGING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...PEA SIZED HAIL...AND LOCAL DOWNPOURS. AT 145 PM...A STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF CENTER MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. ANOTHER STORM IS DEVELOPING NEAR DEL NORTE MOVIN.G EAST AT 10 MPH. WOLYN
Special weather statement, May 6, 2:49 PM MDT, 23 minutes before
COZ079>081-062140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 249 PM MDT TUE MAY 6 1997 ...STRONG STORMS OVER SOUTHEAST PLAINS... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVLOPING OVER SOUTHEAST BENT...SOUTHERN PROWERS...AND NORTHERN BACA COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH DIAMTER...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...AND LOCAL DONWPOURS. AT 245 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED ONE STORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF TWO BUTTES AND ANOTHER STORM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING INTO A MORE FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT AND MAY INTENSIFY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM FOR PROWERS...BACA...AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY WOLYN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.