Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1994, 1:53 AM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1994, 1:53 AM MDT (07:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1994, 3:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kiowa County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 1204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2277 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS1 KPUB 090753 RRA
SVRPUB
COC061-090900-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
153 AM MDT THU JUN 9 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF COLORADO
KIOWA
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...HASWELL...
ARLINGTON...EADS...GALATEA...AND HAWKINS.
AT 150 AM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES
WEST-NORTHWEST OF ARLINGTON...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA JUNTA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF GALATEA...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS
SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY...
AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.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 9, 12:17 AM MDT, 1 hour 36 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 35 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, 1 hour 10 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, 1 hour 9 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...
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:51 AM MDT, 2 minutes before
COZ047-090855- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 151 AM MDT THU JUN 9 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO INCLUDING LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 3 AM MDT... AT 0135 AM RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN CHEYENNE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE MOST INTENSE STORM IN OUR AREA WAS NEAR PUNKIN JUNCTION...IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAY 94 SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND POSSIBLE ROAD FLOODING. 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, 1:52 AM MDT, 1 minute before
COZ047-090855- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 151 AM MDT THU JUN 9 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO INCLUDING LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 3 AM MDT... AT 0135 AM RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN CHEYENNE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE MOST INTENSE STORM IN OUR AREA WAS NEAR PUNKIN JUNCTION...IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAY 94 SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...ANDp POSSIBLE ROAD FLOODING. A SEVERE 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, 1:22 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 53 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.