Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1994, 6:42 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 1994, 6:42 PM MDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1994, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kiowa County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 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
- 156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2835 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 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 120043 RRA SVRPUB COC061-120115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 642 PM MDT MON JUL 11 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY AT 637 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES WEST OF HASWELL MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, Jul 11, 4:49 PM MDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
COZ076>081-112345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST CO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 449 PM MDT MON JUL 11 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST BORDER COUNTIES... AT 445 PM MDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF LAMAR IN PROWERS COUNTY...SOUTHWARD INTO WESTERN BACA COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTHEAST BORDER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES THEIR AREA. BT
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 4:50 PM MDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
COZ076>081-112345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST CO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 449 PM MDT MON JUL 11 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST BORDER COUNTIES... AT 445 PM MDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF LAMAR IN PROWERS COUNTY...SOUTHWARD INTO WESTERN BACA COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTHEAST BORDER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES THEIR AREA. BT
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 4:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
COZ012>014-016-023-060>066-120000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATE FOR RAINFALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO 455 PM MDT MON JUL 11 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO UNTIL AFTER SUNSET THIS MONDAY EVENING. LITTLE OR NO RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS VALLEYS...WHILE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. OCCASIONAL GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH SHOULD ALSO BE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY EVENING AS A WEATHER SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA. THE SKY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO WILL CLEAR OVERNIGHT...ALLOWING LOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO THE 40 TO 50 DEGREES RANGE IN THE VALLEYS ...WITH 35 TO 45 DEGREES IN THE MOUNTAINS. IF YOU ARE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY THIS MONDAY EVENING...KEEP IN MIND THAT ALL THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. A SAFE SHELTER IS A REINFORCED BUILDING SUCH AS INSIDE YOUR HOME. STAY AWAY FROM TALL ISOLATED TREES AND WATER IF THUNDERSTORMS ARE NEARBY. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL POLICE...SHERIFF OR THE STATE PATROL...FOR RELAY OF YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BTK
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 4:55 PM MDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
COZ012>014-016-023-060>066-120000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATE FOR RAINFALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO 455 PM MDT MON JUL 11 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO UNTIL AFTER SUNSET THIS MONDAY EVENING. LITTLE OR NO RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS VALLEYS...WHILE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. OCCASIONAL GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH SHOULD ALSO BE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY EVENING AS A WEATHER SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA. THE SKY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO WILL CLEAR OVERNIGHT...ALLOWING LOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO THE 40 TO 50 DEGREES RANGE IN THE VALLEYS ...WITH 35 TO 45 DEGREES IN THE MOUNTAINS. IF YOU ARE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY THIS MONDAY EVENING...KEEP IN MIND THAT ALL THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. A SAFE SHELTER IS A REINFORCED BUILDING SUCH AS INSIDE YOUR HOME. STAY AWAY FROM TALL ISOLATED TREES AND WATER IF THUNDERSTORMS ARE NEARBY. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL POLICE...SHERIFF OR THE STATE PATROL...FOR RELAY OF YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BTK
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 5:47 PM MDT, 55 minutes before
COZ076>081-120045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 547 PM MDT MON JUL 11 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 545 PM MDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 17 MILES SOUTHEAST AND 25 MILES SOUTH OF LAMAR. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD IN BACA COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS SOUTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER IN PROWERS COUNTY AND THOSE IN BACA COUNTY SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER AS STORMS MOVE THROUGH THEIR AREA. BT
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 5:47 PM MDT, 55 minutes before
COZ076>081-120045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 547 PM MDT MON JUL 11 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 545 PM MDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 17 MILES SOUTHEAST AND 25 MILES SOUTH OF LAMAR. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD IN BACA COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS SOUTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER IN PROWERS COUNTY AND THOSE IN BACA COUNTY SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER AS STORMS MOVE THROUGH THEIR AREA. BT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 4:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 5:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 38 min |
| Jul 12, 5:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 57 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.