Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 5, 1994, 4:50 PM MDT for Elbert County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 5, 1994, 4:50 PM MDT (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 1994, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Elbert County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 1334 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 12:37 PM MDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
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COZALL-052300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 405 PM MDT WED OCT 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT 357 PM INDICATED A STRENGTHENING STORM MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES SOUTH OF RUSH...OR 37 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THIS STORM WILL CONTAIN HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF NECESSARY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 10 PM. RTG
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 4:06 PM MDT, 44 minutes before
COZALL-052300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 405 PM MDT WED OCT 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT 357 PM INDICATED A STRENGTHENING STORM MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES SOUTH OF RUSH...OR 37 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THIS STORM WILL CONTAIN HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF NECESSARY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 10 PM. RTG
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 4:34 PM MDT, 16 minutes before
COZ046>047-052315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 435 PM MDT WED OCT 05 1994 AT 431 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF KUTCH ...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN ELBERT COUNTY SHOULD TAKE COVER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. THE STORM WILL CONTAIN HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH RLEMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 1000PM MDT. REMEMBER STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. RTG LAT...LON 3915 10374 3890 10375 3890 10402 3913 10407
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 4:35 PM MDT, 15 minutes before
COZ046>047-052315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 435 PM MDT WED OCT 05 1994 AT 431 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF KUTCH ...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN ELBERT COUNTY SHOULD TAKE COVER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. THE STORM WILL CONTAIN HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 1000PM MDT. REMEMBER STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. RTG LAT...LON 3915 10374 3890 10375 3890 10402 3913 10407
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder | 25 min |
| Oct 5, 5:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 35 min |
| Oct 5, 5:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 34 min |
| Oct 5, 5:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 27 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.