Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1994, 7:08 PM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1994, 7:08 PM MDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1994, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bent County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 400 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2168 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KPUB 140109 RRA SVRPUB COC011-140200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 708 PM MDT WED JUL 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...BENT COUNTY AT 705 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF LAS ANIMAS. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 22 MILES SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF LAS ANIMAS. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 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 13, 4:12 PM MDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
COZ041-046-047-072-132315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 412 PM MDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR EASTERN EL PASO...LINCOLN AND TELLER COUNTIES... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE AREA OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 900 PM MDT. THIS WATCH INCLUDES EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY AND MOST OF LINCOLN AND ELBERT COUNTIES. THIS WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS. AT 410 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING WESTERN ELBERT COUNTY AND MOST OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE PUEBLO/EL PASO COUNTY BORDER...35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. GOUDSWARD
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:14 PM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
COZ041-046-047-072-132315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 412 PM MDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR EASTERN EL PASO...LINCOLN AND TELLER COUNTIES... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE AREA OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 900 PM MDT. THIS WATCH INCLUDES EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY AND MOST OF LINCOLN AND ELBERT COUNTIES. THIS WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS. AT 410 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING WESTERN ELBERT COUNTY AND MOST OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE PUEBLO/EL PASO COUNTY BORDER...35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. GOUDSWARD
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 5:23 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
COZ041-046-047-072-140025-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
523 PM MDT WED JUL 13 1994
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR EASTERN EL PASO
..LINCOLN AND ELBERT COUNTIES...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF
EASTERN COLORADO. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES ELASTERN EL PASO COUNTY,
MOST OF ELBERT AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. THE WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE
CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS.
AT 515 PM..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUING FROM LIMON SOUTHWARD TO WEST OF LA JUNTA AND WEST TO THE
PUEBLO AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT
20 TO 25 MPH.
IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A
STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
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COZ041-046-047-072-140025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 523 PM MDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR EASTERN EL PASO ..LINCOLN AND ELBERT COUNTIES... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF EASTERN COLORADO. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES ELASTERN EL PASO COUNTY, MOST OF ELBERT AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. THE WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS. AT 515 PM..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING FROM LIMON SOUTHWARD TO WEST OF LA JUNTA AND WEST TO THE PUEBLO AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 6:32 PM MDT, 36 minutes before
COZ041-046-047-072-140135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 632 PM MDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9PM FOR EASTERN EL PASO LINCOLN AND ELBERT COUNTIES... AT 630 PM..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO AND ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OVER ALL OF EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY..ABOUT 10 MILES EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF LIMON. THE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 6:34 PM MDT, 34 minutes before
COZ041-046-047-072-140135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 632 PM MDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9PM FOR EASTERN EL PASO LINCOLN AND ELBERT COUNTIES... AT 630 PM..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO AND ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OVER ALL OF EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY..ABOUT 10 MILES EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF LIMON. THE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 32 min |
| Jul 13, 8:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 21 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.