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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 16, 1994Prowers County, Colorado

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1994-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 284 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 1994-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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
COZ012>014-016-023-060>066-162230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO
150 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 1994

...AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS FOR THE
AREA...

ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOPED THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS THE REST OF THIS
AFTERNOON WILL BE SCATTERED OVER MOST OF THE AREA...WITH ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SAN LUIS AND GUNNISON VALLEYS.

LITTLE RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT THE LIGHTING
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL ADD TO THE VERY HIGH FIRE DANAGER ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO.

ISOLATED EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA WILL DISSIPATE AFTER
SUNSET...WITH A MOSTLY CLEAR SKY OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO LOWS IN THE MIDDLE 30S TO MIDDLE 40S.
ALAMOSA COULD SET ANOTHER NEW RECORD LOW SUNDAY MORNING.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...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 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 4:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Pueblo58 min
Jul 16, 4:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa58 min
Jul 16, 5:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers40 min

Nearby

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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.