Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1994, 8:35 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1994, 8:35 PM MDT (02:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1994, 9:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kiowa County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KPUB 260239 RRA SVRPUB COC061-260330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 835 PM MDT MON JUL 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY....INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CHIVINGTON... BRANDON...SHERIDAN LAKE...STUART AAND TOWNER. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHSOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR WILL ENTER KIOWA COUNTY AFTER 845 PM. THESE STORMS HAS HAD A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL. 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 25, 3:08 PM MDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
COZ073-076-077-252210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 308 PM MDT MON JUL 25 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL 9 PM MDT. IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS WATCH INCLUDES... BENT...CROWLEY...KIOWA...OTERO...PROWERS...EASTERN PUEBLO AND EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... SOME OF THE TOWNS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE...LA JUNTA...LAS ANIMAS... LAMAR...ORDWAY...SUGAR CITY...ROCKY FORD AND FOWLER. AT 3 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO NORTHEAST PUEBLO COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN IN EASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS WHILE IT WAS IN EL PASO COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST 25 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH NORTHEAST PUEBLO COUNTY...ENTERING WESTERN CROWLEY COUNTY AROUND 330 PM MDT. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERSTORM CLOUDS... 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. REMEMBER THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. GRAY
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:56 PM MDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
COZ046-260000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 456 PM MDT MON JUL 25 1994 ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 9PM MDT.. AT 450 PM..LIMON RADAR REPORTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF ARRIBA IN NORTHEAST LINCOLN COUNTY OR ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF LIMON. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. 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. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 7:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
COZ073-076-078>080-260230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 710 PM MDT MON JUL 25 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR BENT... CROWLEY...KIOWA...OTERO...PROWERS...EASTERN PUEBLO AND EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... EVEN THOUGH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN BENT AND KIOWA COUNTIES AT 700 PM. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS CONTINUES AS SOME STORMS NORTH OF KIOWA COUNTY MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO KANSAS AND THESE STORMS COULD CAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. CASEY
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 7:14 PM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
COZ073-076-078>080-260230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 710 PM MDT MON JUL 25 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR BENT... CROWLEY...KIOWA...OTERO...PROWERS...EASTERN PUEBLO AND EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... EVEN THOUGH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN BENT AND KIOWA COUNTIES AT 700 PM. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS CONTINUES AS SOME STORMS NORTH OF KIOWA COUNTY MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO KANSAS AND THESE STORMS COULD CAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. CASEY
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 8:10 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
COZ046-260315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 811 PM MDT MON JUL 25 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... AT 8 PM..LIMON RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER MOST OF EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY FROM I-70 SOUTH TO ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF I-70..THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE TOWNS OF HUGO AND BOYERO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 25 MPH AND CAN PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. 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 25, 8:11 PM MDT, 24 minutes before
COZ046-260315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 811 PM MDT MON JUL 25 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... AT 8 PM..LIMON RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER MOST OF EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY FROM I-70 SOUTH TO ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF I-70..THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE TOWNS OF HUGO AND BOYERO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 25 MPH AND CAN PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. 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. WWUS30KALB .4s]LWWUS30 KALB 260213 ~
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.