Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1994, 5:35 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 1994, 5:35 PM MDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1994, 6:15 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, 11.6 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.
- 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 TTAA00 KPUB 162336 SVRPUB COC099-170015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 535 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...EASTERN PROWERS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF HOLLY AT 530 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY RADAR 10 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF HOLLY IN EASTERN PROWERS COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE HOLLY AREA BY 600 PM MDT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPAR\E FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LARSON
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, 1:50 PM MDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 1:55 PM MDT, 3 hours 40 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, 3 hours 4 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
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 4:57 PM MDT, 38 minutes before
COZ041-046-047-067-071-072-162355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 454 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN ELBERT AND NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 9PM MDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 450 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER A LARGE AREA OF SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY AND EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ON THE LINCOLN COUNTY / KIOWA COUNTY LINE. HAIL..LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WAS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARRIBA...OR 25 MILES EAST OF LIMON IN EXTREME EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. 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. 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 N
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:00 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
COZ041-046-047-067-071-072-162355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 454 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN ELBERT AND NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 9PM MDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 450 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER A LARGE AREA OF SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY AND EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ON THE LINCOLN COUNTY / KIOWA COUNTY LINE. HAIL..LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WAS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARRIBA...OR 25 MILES EAST OF LIMON IN EXTREME EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. 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. 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 N
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:29 PM MDT, 6 minutes before
COZ041-046-047-067-071-072-170030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 525 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH ISSUED FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11 PM MDT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER THIS EVENING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...TELLER...EL PASO...ELBERT...LINCOLN. THE WATCH INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO COLORADO SPRING...WOODLAND PARK ...CALHAN...PEYTON...KIOWA...LIMON...KARVEL AND HUGO. AT 520 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS A LARGE AREA OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. SEVERAL TORNADOS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED IN LARIMER AND WELD COUNTIES THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SOME MAY BECOME SEVERE OR POSSIBLY TORNADIC. RESIDENTS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION SHOULD A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO BE SPOTTED. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO...NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN IT IN A CAR. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. INSTEAD...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT OR DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. GOUDSWARD
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, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 49 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.