Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1994, 5:10 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1994, 5:10 PM MDT (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1994, 5:40 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Prowers County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPUB 152310 SVRPUB COC099-160000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 510 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY AT 510 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAMAR MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE TOWN OF HOLLY. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLYh DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, 2:04 PM MDT, 3 hours 6 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, 2 hours 10 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, 2 hours 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, 1 hour 14 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, 1 hour 14 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
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 4:53 PM MDT, 17 minutes before
COZ041-046-047-067-071-072-152355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 450 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 445 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN TELLER COUNTY...AND OVER EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY AND LINCOLN COUNTY. VERY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL AND OVER SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURRING AT THE MOMENT OVER THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. TORNADOS ARE ALSO A POSSIBILITY OVER EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY AND LINCOLN COUNTY. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARG.E HAIL 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 8:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 29 min |
| 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 |
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.