Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1994, 8:46 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 1994, 8:46 PM MDT (02:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1994, 9:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Prowers County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2283 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 24, 5:43 PM MDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
COZ047-250045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 543 PM MDT SUN JUL 24 1994 ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 11 PM... AT 535 PM LIMON RADAR INDICATED STONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT COUNTY AND IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. IN ELBERT COUNTY THESE STORMS WERE 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MATHESON..OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON. ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUNKIN CENTER IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY..OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF LIMON. BOTH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH THIS EVENING. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 6:37 PM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
COZ047-250140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 637 PM MDT SUN JUL 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 11 PM... AT 630 PM..LIMON RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF KARVAL IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY..OR ABOUT 38 MILES SOUTH OF LIMON. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH AND COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL..BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 6:50 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
COZ047-250155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 651 PM MDT SUN JUL 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 11 PM... AT 650 PM..SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF BOYERO OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIMON AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IN OPEN AREAS...GO TO A LOW PLACE SUCH AS A RAVINE OR VALLEY.
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 6:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
COZ047-250155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 651 PM MDT SUN JUL 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 11 PM... AT 650 PM..SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF BOYERO OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIMON AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IN OPEN AREAS...GO TO A LOW PLACE SUCH AS A RAVINE OR VALLEY.
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 7:50 PM MDT, 56 minutes before
COZ078-250300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 750 PM MDT SUN JUL 24 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS IN NORTHERN KIOWA COUNTY... AT 745 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS DEVELOPED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF EADS IN NORTHERN KIOWA COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM SHOULD PASS JUST TO THE NORTH OF EADS BY 800 PM...HOWEVER ANOTHER STORM IS FORMING JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST AND THAT STORM SHOULD PASS OVER EADS AFTER 800 PM. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS HAS DEVELOPED IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BENT COUNTY...25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAMAR COLORADO. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK A SAFE SHELTER. CASEY
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 7:53 PM MDT, 53 minutes before
COZ078-250300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 750 PM MDT SUN JUL 24 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS IN NORTHERN KIOWA COUNTY... AT 745 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS DEVELOPED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF EADS IN NORTHERN KIOWA COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM SHOULD PASS JUST TO THE NORTH OF EADS BY 800 PM...HOWEVER ANOTHER STORM IS FORMING JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST AND THAT STORM SHOULD PASS OVER EADS AFTER 800 PM. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS HAS DEVELOPED IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BENT COUNTY...25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAMAR COLORADO. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK A SAFE SHELTER. CASEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 8:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 24 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.