Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1994, 8:16 PM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1994, 8:16 PM MDT (02:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1994, 8:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bent County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 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
- 846 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1950 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KPUB 150217 RRA SVRPUB COC011-150245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 816 PM MDT THU JUL 14 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY AT 815 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR AND NEAR THE TOWN OF HASTY IN BENT COUNT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 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 14, 4:18 PM MDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
COZ041-046-047-067-071-072-142315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 414 PM MDT THU JUL 14 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION... AT 410 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND IMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE PIKES PEAK REGION. THE AREA EXTENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN TELLER COUNTY AND THEN EXTENDED TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST...PASSING THROUGH COLORADO SPRINGS AND INTO EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST TO THE NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND ACROSS SOUTHERN TELLER COUNTY NEAR VICTOR OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. ALL ACTIVITY IS MOVING EASTWARD AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY LITTLE RAIN BUT WILL GENERATE GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS OVER EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER R.ADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. GOUDSWARD
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:30 PM MDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
COZ064>066-150030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO 430 PM MDT THU JUL 14 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS... LIMON RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST COSTILLA COUNTY AND NEAR LA VETA PASS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING...BUT LITTLE RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS THIS EVENING. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION AND FURTHER UPDATES. BUTLER
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:32 PM MDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
COZ064>066-150030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO 430 PM MDT THU JUL 14 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS... LIMON RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST COSTILLA COUNTY AND NEAR LA VETA PASS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING...BUT LITTLE RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS THIS EVENING. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHERz SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION AND FURTHER UPDATES. BUTLER
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:45 PM MDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
COZ071-142350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 445 PM MDT THU JUL 14 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER COLORADO SPRINGS... AT 440 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS. A STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS AIRPORT. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED PEA SIZE HAIL ACROSS THE NORTHWEST SUBURBS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL PERSIST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE OVER COLORADO SPRINGS IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...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. GOUDSWARD
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:48 PM MDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
COZ071-142350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 445 PM MDT THU JUL 14 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER COLORADO SPRINGS... AT 440 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS. A STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS AIRPORT. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED PEA SIZE HAIL ACROSS THE NORTHWEST SUBURBS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL PERSIST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE OVER COLORADO SPRINGS IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...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. GOUDSWARD
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:33 PM MDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
COZ041-046-047-067-071-072-150030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 529 PM MDT THU JUL 14 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION... AT 525 PM MDT LIMON RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MOST OF EL PASO COUNTY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO COVERED TELLER COUNTY AND HAVE JUST DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN ELBERT AND OVER SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE CITY EARLIER PRODUCED PEA SIZE HAIL IN THE NORTHWEST SUBURBS AND AT THE CORNER OF BIJOU AND ACADEMY. THE STORMS DROPPED .11 INCHES OF RAIN AT THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL BE AFFECTING THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN SUBURBS OF COLORADO SPRINGS IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IN NECESSARY. ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS OVER ALL OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV ST4ATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. GOUDSWARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 4:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 49 min |
| Jul 15, 4:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 40 min |
| Jul 15, 5:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 30 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.