Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1994, 1:22 AM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1994, 1:22 AM MDT (07:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1994, 2:15 AM MDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Prowers County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 1817 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1458 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KPUB 090724 RRA SVRPUB COC099-090815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 122 AM MDT THU JUN 9 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF MAY VALLEY AT 120 AM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR IN NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, Jun 8, 11:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
COZ078>081-090630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1127 PM MDT WED JUN 8 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN PUEBLO AND WESTERN CROWLEY COUNTIES... AT 1123 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF PUEBLO MEMORIAL AIRPORT...EXTENDING INTO WESTERN CROWLEY COUNTY. MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF BOONE. HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR OR IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 11:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
COZ078>081-090630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1127 PM MDT WED JUN 8 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN PUEBLO AND WESTERN CROWLEY COUNTIES... AT 1123 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF PUEBLO MEMORIAL AIRPORT...EXTENDING INTO WESTERN CROWLEY COUNTY. MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF BOfONE. HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR OR IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 12:17 AM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
COZ078>081-090730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1218 AM MDT THU JUN 9 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CROWLEY COUNTY... AT 1215 AM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST THROUGH CROWLEY COUNTY AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 5 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF CROWLEY. HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS NEAR OR IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 12:18 AM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
COZ078>081-090730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1218 AM MDT THU JUN 9 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CROWLEY COUNTY... AT 1215 AM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST THROUGH CROWLEY COUNTY AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 5 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF CROWLEY. HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS NEAR OR IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 12:43 AM MDT, 39 minutes before
COZ047-090745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 1243 AM MDT THU JUN 9 1994 ...A SEVERE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO INCLUDING LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 3 AM MDT... AT 1235 AM RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM WESTERN AND CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY. ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A NEW AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN BORDER OF EL PASO COUNTY...AND WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST INTO SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY TO THE SOUTH OF KARVAL. SINCE THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY HAVE BEEN FORMING AND MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA FOR THE PAST HOUR OR SO...PERSONS TRAVELING THROUGH THE AREA ON HIGHWAY 94 OR SOUTHEAST FROM LIMON ON HIGHWAY 40/287 SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LOCAL FLOODING OF ROADS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MDT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO INCLUDING LINCOLN COUNTY. ...END...
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 12:44 AM MDT, 38 minutes before
COZ047-090745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 1243 AM MDT THU JUN 9 1994 ...A SEVERE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO INCLUDING LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 3 AM MDT... AT 1235 AM RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM WESTERN AND CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY. ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A NEW AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN BORDER OF EL PASO COUNTY...AND WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST INTO SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY TO THE SOUTH OF KARVAL. SINCE THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY HAVE BEEN FORMING AND MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA FOR THE PAST HOUR OR SO...PERSONS TRAVELING THROUGH THE AREA ON HIGHWAY 94 OR SOUTHEAST FROM LIMON ON HIGHWAY 40/287 SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LOCAL FLOODING OF ROADS. A SEVEjRE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MDT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO INCLUDING LINCOLN COUNTY. ...END...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 1:05 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 55 min |
| Jun 9, 1:53 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 67 min |
| Jun 9, 2:47 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 38 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.