Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1994, 5:47 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1994, 5:47 PM MDT (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1994, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Las Animas County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 293 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
- 2647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 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 112349 RRA
SVRPUB
COC071-120030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
547 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
...EASTERN LAS-ANIMAS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF KIM AND HIGHWAY
160 BETWEEN TOBE AND KIM.
AT 545 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 15 MILES
WEST-NORTHWEST OF KIM IN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
LARSONWhat 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 11, 3:45 PM MDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
COZ071-072-112245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 341 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 1994 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES OVER EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY... AT 330PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUING ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS NEAR ELLICOTT MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. LOW RAGGED CLOUDS HAVE BEEN NOTED WITH THIS STORM HOWEVER NO ROTATION HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITH THESE LOW APPENDAGES. THIS STORM WAS A COMBINATION OF TWO CELLS HAVING RAPID DEVELOPMENT IN THE PAST HOUR AND SHOWING MOVEMENT TOWARD THE TOP OF THE CELL AS AIR IS RUSHING IN FROM THE LOWER LEVELS THUS SPLITTING THE LOW RAGGED CLOUD FRAGMENTS AT THE LOWER LEVELS. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WIND MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST LINCOLN AND NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF NECESSARY. CROWLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:45 PM MDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
COZ071-072-112245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 345 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 1994 AT 330PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUING ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS NEAR ELLICOTT MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. LOW RAGGED CLOUDS HAVE BEEN NOTED WITH THIS STORM HOWEVER NO ROTATION HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITH THESE LOW APPENDAGES. THIS STORM WAS A COMBINATION OF TWO CELLS HAVING RAPID DEVELOPMENT IN THE PAST HOUR AND SHOWING MOVEMENT TOWARD THE TOP OF THE CELL AS AIR IS RUSHING IN FROM THE LOWER LEVEL THUS SPLITTING THE LOW RAGGED CLOUD FRAGMENTS AT THE LOWER LEVELS. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WIND MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AS IT MOVES INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY AND NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR. CROWLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:47 PM MDT, 2 hours before
COZ071-072-112245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 341 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 1994 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES OVER EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY... AT 330PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUING ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS NEAR ELLICOTT MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. LOW RAGGED CLOUDS HAVE BEEN NOTED WITH THIS STORM HOWEVER NO ROTATION HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITH THESE LOW APPENDAGES. THIS STORM WAS A COMBINATION OF TWO CELLS HAVING RAPID DEVELOPMENT IN THE PAST HOUR AND SHOWING MOVEMENT TOWARD THE TOP OF THE CELL AS AIR IS RUSHING IN FROM THE LOWER LEVELS THUS SPLITTING THE LOW RAGGED CLOUD FRAGMENTS AT THE LOWER LEVELS. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WIND MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST LINCOLN AND NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD STAY AL ERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF NECESSARY. CROWLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:49 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
COZ071-072-112245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 345 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 1994 AT 330PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUING ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS NEAR ELLICOTT MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. LOW RAGGED CLOUDS HAVE BEEN NOTED WITH THIS STORM HOWEVER NO ROTATION HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITH THESE LOW APPENDAGES. THIS STORM WAS A COMBINATION OF TWO CELLS HAVING RAPID DEVELOPMENT IN THE PAST HOUR AND SHOWING MOVEMENT TOWARD THE TOP OF THE CELL AS AIR IS RUSHING IN FROM THE LOWER LEVEL THUS SPLITTING THE LOW RAGGED CLOUD FRAGMENTS AT THE LOWER LEVELS. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WIND MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AS IT MOVES INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY AND NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR. CROWLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
COZ071-072-112255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 351 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 1994 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES OVER EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY... AT 330PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUING ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS NEAR ELLICOTT MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. LOW RAGGED CLOUDS HAVE BEEN NOTED WITH THIS STORM HOWEVER NO ROTATION HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITH THESE LOW APPENDAGES. THIS STORM WAS A COMBINATION OF TWO CELLS HAVING RAPID DEVELOPMENT IN THE PAST HOUR AND SHOWING MOVEMENT TOWARD THE TOP OF THE CELL AS AIR IS RUSHING IN FROM THE LOWER LEVELS THUS SPLITTING THE LOW RAGGED CLOUD FRAGMENTS AT THE LOWER LEVELS. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WIND MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST LINCOLN AND NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF NECESSARY. CROWLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
COZ071-072-112255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 351 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 1994 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES OVER EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY... AT 330PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUING ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS NEAR ELLICOTT MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. LOW RAGGED CLOUDS HAVE BEEN NOTED WITH THIS STORM HOWEVER NO ROTATION HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITH THESE LOW APPENDAGES. THIS STORM WAS A COMBINATION OF TWO CELLS HAVING RAPID DEVELOPMENT IN THE PAST HOUR AND SHOWING MOVEMENT TOWARD THE TOP OF THE CELL AS AIR IS RUSHING IN FROM THE LOWER LEVELS THUS SPLITTING THE LOW RAGGED CLOUD FRAGMENTS AT THE LOWER LEVELS. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WIND MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST LINCOLN AND NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD STAY AL0ERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF NECESSARY. CROWLEY
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, 9:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 41 min |
| Jun 10, 10:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 23 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.