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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 15, 1994Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1994, 4:35 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 1994, 4:35 PM MDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1994, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Prowers County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 220 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1994-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1609 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1994-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1609 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPUB 152237
SVRPUB
COC099-152315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
435 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY
 
AT 430 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 33 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF LAMAR IN SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO
THE EAST-NORTHEAST 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.
 
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.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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 15, 1:35 PM MDT, 3 hours before
COZ041-046-047-067-071-072-152035-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
132 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 1994

...STRONG WIND GUSTS IN THE COLORADO SPRINGS METRO AREA...

AT 125 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF EL PASO...ELBERT AND TELLER COUNTIES. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE EL PASO/ELBERT COUNTY LINE
5 MILES NORTH OF RUSH...NEAR RAMAH OR 37 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO
SPRINGS...AND IN COLORADO SPRINGS NEAR THE AIRPORT AND ALSO NEAR THE
BROADMOOR. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH.

REPORTS IN COLORADO SPRINGS INDICATED STRONG WIND GUSTS AT 47 MPH
AT CHANNEL 13 ON THE WEST SIDE AND 52 MPH AT THE INTERSECTION OF PIKES
PEAK AND ACADEMY BLVDS ON THE EASTSIDE.

THE STORM MOVING INTO ELBERT COUNTY NORTH OF RUSH MAY BE PRODUCING SOME
HAIL AND VERY STRONG WINDS AS IT MOVES EAST INTO SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT
COUNTY NEAR KUTCH. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY
AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD A WARNING BE
ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER OBSERVED.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A
STORM APPROACHES.  MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALER>T FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.  STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

MAXWELL
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 2:04 PM MDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
COZ062>064-152230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO
200 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 1994

...AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED AN ISOLATED FUNNEL CLOUD...

AT 140 PM MDT...A SPOTTER NEAR CAPULIN...SOUTHWEST OF ALAMOSA IN
CONEJOS COUNTY...REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD FROM A THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY. WEAK...ISOLATED AND SHORT LIVED FUNNEL
CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THUNSERSTORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BUT
ARE NOT EXPECTED TO TOUCH DOWN OR CAUSE DAMAGE.

LIGHTING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH LITTLE RAINFALL EXPECTED.
THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH OR HIGHER WITHIN 10
MILES OF A THUNDERSTORM

IF YOU ARE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
REMEMBER THAT ALL THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT
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 OR WILDFIRES...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL
POLICE...SHERIFF OR THE STATE PATROL.

BTK
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 3:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
COZ041-046-047-067-071-072-152200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
258 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 1994

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR A
LARGE PART OF EASTERN COLORADO. INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE LINCOLN
COUNTY AND EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY. THIS WATCH INCLUDES BUT IS NOT
LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LIMON...AGATE...MATHESON...AND
KARVAL...

AT 255 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF LINCOLN COUNTY...SOUTHEAST ELBERT AND
NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN A LINE
FROM NEAR ARRIBA EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO THE LINCOLN/PUEBLO COUNTY LINE
NEAR COLORADO HIGHWAY 71. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR TURKEY
ROCK IN NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PERRSON IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO AS THESE THUNDESTORM MOVE INTO CHEYENNE AND
KIT CARSON COUNTY.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES AND OF COURSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN OR CLOSE
TO THE WATCH AREA.

DURING A TORNADO WATCH...BE READY TO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW
GROUND OR TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE IF
A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF A TORNADO IS SIGHTED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

MAXWElLL
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 3:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
COZ041-046-047-067-071-072-152200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FIRST PARA...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
258 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 1994

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR A
LARGE PART OF EASTERN COLORADO FROM 315 PM UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING.
INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE LINCOLN AND EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY. THIS WATCH
INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LIMON...AGATE...
MATHESON AND KARVAL...

AT 255 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF LINCOLN COUNTY...SOUTHEAST ELBERT AND
NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN A LINE
FROM NEAR ARRIBA EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO THE LINCOLN/PUEBLO COUNTY LINE
NEAR COLORADO HIGHWAY 71. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR TURKEY
ROCK IN NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PERSONS IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO AS THESE THUNDESTORM MOVE INTO CHEYENNE AND
KIT CARSON COUNTY.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES AND OF COURSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN OR CLOSE
TO THE WATCH AREA.

DURING A TORNADO WATCH...BE READY TO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW
GROUND OR TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE IF
A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF A TORNADO IS SIGHTED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

MAXWELL
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 3:56 PM MDT, 39 minutes before
COZ041-046-047-067-071-072-152255-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
353 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN ELBERT AND ALL OF
LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM MDT...

AT 350 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH
OF TELLER COUNTY...EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY AND EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE LINCOLN COUNTY / CHEYENNE
COUNTY LINE AND ALONG THE LINCOLN COUNTY / KIT CARSON COUNTY LINE.
ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARRIBA OR 25
MILES EAST OF LIMON. THIS STORM WAS LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

PERSONS IN EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE NEXT HOUR
AS THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO CHEYENNE AND KIT CARSON
COUNTIES.

ALL ACTIVITY IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.

DURING A TORNADO WATCH...BE READY TO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW
GROUND OR TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE IF
A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF A TORNADO IS SIGHTED.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN
AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  LARGE HAILV AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO
OCCUR.  BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR
AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

GOUDSWARD
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 3:56 PM MDT, 39 minutes before
COZ073>081-152300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
355 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 1994

...TORNADO WATCH TIL 900 PM MDT FOR EASTERN BORDER COUNTIES...

AT 350 PM MDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST
COLORADO MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

TOWNS AND CITES EXPECTED TO HAVE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THEIR
AREA BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM ARE...LA JUNTA...EADS AND LAS ANIMAS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LOCALLY MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL
AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. ALSO...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND GUSTS TO
AROUND 40 MPH HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE VICINITY OF STORMS.

AS STORMS APPROACH THE KANSAS BORDER THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO PRODUCE
SEVERE WEATHER. PERSONS ACROSZS THE SOUTHEAST BORDER COUNTIES OF
COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER.
BT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 8:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent29 min
Jul 15, 4:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa49 min
Jul 15, 5:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers30 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.