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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 18, 1994Crowley County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1994, 3:12 PM MDT for Crowley County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1994, 3:12 PM MDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1994, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Crowley County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1994-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1994-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3893 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 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 
TTAA00 KPUB 182114 RRA
SVRPUB
COC025-182145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
312 PM MDT WED MAY 18 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
 
   ...NORTHWEST CROWLEY COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD ENTERED WESTERN CROWLEY COUNTY AT 310 PM MDT.
THIS STORM HAD GAINED STRENGTH SINCE 3 PM MDT AND WAS LIKELY CARRYING
LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST 35 MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUhR 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.
 
GRAY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 4:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley32 min

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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.