Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1994, 4:26 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 1994, 4:26 PM MDT (22:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1994, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Prowers County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 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
- 284 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -325 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1760 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KPUB 162227 RRA SVRPUB COC099-162315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 426 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 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 425 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR THE PROWERS/BACA COUNTY LINE ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF LYCAN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. TOWNS EXPECTED TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM ARE WEBB AND PLAINS COMMUNITY. 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 16, 1:14 PM MDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
COZ075-162000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 113 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 1994 ...THUNDERSTORM NEAR TRINIDAD... AT 110 PM MDT...A THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED NEAR THE CITY OF TRINIDAD AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER MAINLY THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF TOWN BETWEEN 115 AND 145 PM. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY MODERATE RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH...AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AS WELL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO. RECREATIONISTS MAY WANT TO CARRY RADIOS WITH THEM TO KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BT
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 1:50 PM MDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 1:55 PM MDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
COZ041-071-072-162055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 152 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE... AT 150PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 20 TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS NEAR THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF ELBERT COUNTY AND NORTHERN BORDER OF EL PASO COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH AND MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WIND..BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD BE 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 16, 2:31 PM MDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
COZ041-067-071-072-162130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 227 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION... AT 225PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 15 TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS OVER THE BLACK FOREST AREA OF NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY. OTHER STORMS WERE NOTED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS OVER THE FORT CARSON RANGE AND MOVING INTO NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY..ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE BLACK FOREST AREA IN THE PAST 1/2 HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WIND..HAIL AND LOCALLY MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD BE ALERT THO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED. CROWLEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 4:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Pueblo | 58 min |
| Jul 16, 4:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 58 min |
| Jul 16, 5:35 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.