Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1994, 9:49 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 1994, 9:49 PM MDT (03:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1994, 10:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kiowa County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 306 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KPUB 110352 RRA SVRPUB COC061-110430- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 949 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY AT 945 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED IN EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF TOWNER AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG TO SEVERE STORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF SHERIDAN LAKE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND 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 ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. BT/NJL
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 10, 4:49 PM MDT, 5 hours before
COZ073>081-102330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 449 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 1994 ...TORNADO WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 445 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE COLORADO/NEW MEXICO BORDER SOUTH OF TRINIDAD MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. MOTORISTS HEADING SOUTH OF TRINIDAD ON INTERSTATE-25 SHOULD USE CAUTION AS THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. NO OTHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS EVIDENT IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO AT 445 PM...BUT THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEMONSTRATE EXPLOSIVE DEVELOPMENT DURING THE EVENING. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE SKY THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. BT
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 4:50 PM MDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
COZ073>081-102330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 449 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 1994 ...TORNADO WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 445 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE COLORADO/NEW MEXICO BORDER SOUTH OF TRINIDAD MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. MOTORISTS HEADING SOUTH OF TRINIDAD ON INTERSTATE-25 SHOULD USE CAUTION AS THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. NO OTHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS EVIDENT IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO AT 445 PM...BUT THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEMONSTRATE EXPLOSIVE DEVELOPMENT DURING THE EVENING. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE SKY THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. BT
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 8:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
COZ068>070-073>081-110300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 800 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN OTERO AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY... AT 800 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL OTERO AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. THE STORM IN OTERO COUNTY WAS 10 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF HAWLEY OR 20 MILES WEST OF LA JUNTA. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH LA JUNTA BY 930 PM. THE STORM IN EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF KIM. MOVEMENT OF BOTH STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO EAST OF I-25 AND SOUTH OF LA JUNTA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. LARSON
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 9:02 PM MDT, 47 minutes before
COZ068>070-073>081-110300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 800 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN OTERO AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY... AT 800 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL OTERO AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. THE STORM IN OTERO COUNTY WAS 10 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF HAWLEY OR 20 MILES WEST OF LA JUNTA. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH LA JUNTA BY 930 PM. THE STORM IN EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF KIM. MOVEMENT OF BOTH STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO EAST OF I-25 AND SOUTH OF LA JUNTA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. LARSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 7:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 10:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 23 min |
| Jun 11, 5:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 43 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.