Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1994, 5:11 PM MDT for Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 1994, 5:11 PM MDT (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1994, 5:49 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Otero County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -428 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1858 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 12, 2:20 PM MDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
COZ071-072-122120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 219 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION... AT 215PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY WITH THE STRONGEST STORM NOTED ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS OVER THE BLACK FOREST AREA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 TO 20 MPH..PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING BUT WITH LITTLE RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN AREA COVERAGE OVER EAST CENTRAL COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING WITH STRONG GUSTY WIND ASSOCIATED WITH MANY OF THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED. CROWLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 2:31 PM MDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
COZ012>014-016-023-060>066-122200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO 235 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 1994 ...AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING HAVE AGAIN DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO UNTIL AFTER SUNSET THIS 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 25 MPH SHOULD ALSO BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING...BUT WIND GUSTS WILL BE ERRATIC AND MUCH STRONGER NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. 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 AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS 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 ISOLATED TALL OBJECTS AND AWAY FROM 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 12, 2:35 PM MDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
COZ012>014-016-023-060>066-122200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO 235 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 1994 ...AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING HAVE AGAIN DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO UNTIL AFTER SUNSET THIS 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 25 MPH SHOULD ALSO BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING...BUT WIND GUSTS WILL BE ERRATIC AND MUCH STRONGER NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. 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 AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS 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 ISOLATED TALL OBJECTS AND AWAY FROM 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 12, 3:16 PM MDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
COZ046-122215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 313 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 1994 AT 300 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIMON AND NEAR THE COMMUNITES OF HUGO AND GENOA. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR CALHAN IN NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY..ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING BUT LITTLE RAIN. WINDS CAN GUST TO AROUND 60 MPH AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIESr...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 4:42 PM MDT, 29 minutes before
COZ076>081-122330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 442 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 1994 A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST COLORADO AT 435 PM MDT. THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM NORTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY...THROUGH EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY...OTERO COUNTY...AND EASTERN HUERFANO COUNTY... TO CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THIS AREA WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE MOVING FROM EXTREME SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY...INTO SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY....WHILE OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE BEGINING TO MOVE INTO WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR BACA...BENT...EASTERN CROWLEY...KIOWA...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...EASTERN OTERO AND PROWERS COUNTY. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 4:42 PM MDT, 29 minutes before
COZ076>081-122330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 442 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 1994 A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST COLORADO AT 435 PM MDT. THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM NORTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY...THROUGH EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY...OTERO COUNTY...AND EASTERN HUERFANO COUNTY... TO CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THIS AREA WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE MOVING FROM EXTREME SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY...INTO SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY....WHILE OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE BEGINING TO MOVE INTO WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR BACA...BENT...EASTERN CROWLEY...KIOWA...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...EASTERN OTERO AND PROWERS COUNTY. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 6:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 33 min |
| Jul 12, 4:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 49 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.