Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1994, 4:48 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 1994, 4:48 PM MDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1994, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Las Animas County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 293 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1442 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 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 272250 RRA SVRPUB COC071-272330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 448 PM MDT WED JUL 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...EASTERN LAS-ANIMAS COUNTY AT 445 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF KIM MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE 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 PBUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 27, 2:17 PM MDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
COZ047-067-071-272120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 217 PM MDT WED JUL 27 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO BUILD OVER EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... AT 215PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING OVER TELLER COUNTY..ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES WEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY WITH THE STRONGEST ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIMON ON THE BORDER OF SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY AND CHEYENNE COUNTY COLORADO. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER EAST CENTRAL COLORADO THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND SOME MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN..HAIL..GUSTY WIND AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED. CROWLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 3:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 3:50 PM MDT, 58 minutes before
COZ012>014-016-023-060>066-272330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO 344 PM MDT WED JUL 27 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO... WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS THE SAN JUAN AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND THE SAN LUIS VALLEY ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...BUT LITTLE RAIN. LIMON RADAR HAD INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. A SPOTTER IN DEL NORTE REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON WITH INTENSE LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SPRINKLES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL AROUND 9PM TONIGHT. RESIDENTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND TAKE SHELTER IF THzREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. BE PREPARED FOR DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 35 MPH. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BUTLER
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 4:48 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
COZ067-071-272350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 448 PM MDT WED JUL 27 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN TELLER COUNTY AND WESTERN MOUNTAIN AREAS OF EL PASO COUNTY... AT 445 PM MDT...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN TELLER COUNTY AND SOUTH OF PIKES PEAK IN THE NORTH CHEYENNE CANYON AREA OF WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY.THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF CHEYENNE CANYON ALONG GOLD CAMP ROAD...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR...THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE WIDEFIELD...FOUNTAIN AREA ...PARALLELING I-25 SOUTHEASTWARD. 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. MAXWELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 35 min |
| Jul 27, 3:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 17 min |
| Jul 27, 3:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 4:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent | 27 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.