Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 1994, 4:58 PM MDT for Crowley County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 1994, 4:58 PM MDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 1994, 5:51 PM MDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 403 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1203 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPUB 032259 RRA SVRPUB COC025-089-040000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 458 PM MDT WED AUG 3 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...SOUTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY...NORTHERN OTERO COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOWLER AND ROCKY FORD. AT 455...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF ROCKY FORD IN NORTHERN OTERO COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE ROCKY FORD AREA BY 445 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 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, Aug 3, 3:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
COZ068>070-073>081-032230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 330 PM MDT WED AUG 3 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN PUEBLO AREA... AT 325 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PORTIONS OF PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...MAINLY FROM NORTH OF PUEBLO TO JUST EAST OF WETMORE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST NORTH OF THE CITY MOVING SOUTHEAST AND IS EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR PUEBLO MEMORIAL AIRPORT BY 4 PM WHILE MAINLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS MOVE ACROSS THE CITY. IF STORMS ARE IN YOUR AREA BE SURE TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. BT : rysVqd)vZJUFU*.g
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 3:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
COZ068>070-073>081-032230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 330 PM MDT WED AUG 3 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN PUEBLO AREA... AT 325 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PORTIONS OF PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...MAINLY FROM NORTH OF PUEBLO TO JUST EAST OF WETMORE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST NORTH OF THE CITY MOVING SOUTHEAST AND IS EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR PUEBLO MEMORIAL AIRPORT BY 4 PM WHILE MAINLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS MOVE ACROSS THE CITY. IF STORMS ARE IN YOUR AREA BE SURE TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. BT : rysVqd)vZJUFU*.g
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 4:05 PM MDT, 53 minutes before
COZ041-067-071-072-032310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 405 PM MDT WED AUG 3 1994 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN COLORADO SPRINGS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 400 PM MDT... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ...WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAIN...IN THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS EXTENDING FROM MANITOU SPRINGS ACROSS THE DOWNTOWN...BROADMOOR AREA TO THE EAST TO THE AIRPORT. ELSEWHERE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS... WITH HEAVY RAIN... WERE LOCATED IN WESTERN ELBERT COUNTY NEAR ELBERT AND ANOTHER STORM LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF KIOWA. ELSEWHERE A THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DIVIDE...IN TELLER COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM IN TELLER COUNTY WILL MOVE OVER THE CRIPPLE CREEK...VICTOR AREA IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR...AND THE STORM IN COLORADO SPRINGS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF THE CITY AND ITS SOUTHERN SUBURBS DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...THAT MAY BRIEFLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. MAXWELL
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 4:06 PM MDT, 52 minutes before
COZ041-067-071-072-032310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 405 PM MDT WED AUG 3 1994 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN COLORADO SPRINGS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 400 PM MDT... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ...WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAIN...IN THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS EXTENDING FROM MANITOU SPRINGS ACROSS THE DOWNTOWN...BROADMOOR AREA TO THE EAST TO THE AIRPORT. ELSEWHERE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS... WITH HEAVY RAIN... WERE LOCATED IN WESTERN ELBERT COUNTY NEAR ELBERT AND ANOTHER STORM LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF KIOWA. ELSEWHERE A THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DIVIDE...IN TELLER COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM IN TELLER COUNTY WILL MOVE OVER THE CRIPPLE CREEK...VICTOR AREA IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR...AND THE STORM IN COLORADO SPRINGS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF THE CITY AND ITS SOUTHERN SUBURBS DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...THAT MAY BRIEFLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. MAXWELL
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 4:26 PM MDT, 32 minutes before
COZ074-032330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 426 PM MDT WED AUG 3 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN HUERFANO COUNTY... AT 425 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALSENBURG IN HUERFANO COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH...AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH WALSENBURG BY 445 PM MDT. 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 THIS STORM. LARSON
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 4:44 PM MDT, 14 minutes before
COZ073-032345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 444 PM MDT WED AUG 3 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 440 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER FORT REYNOLDS IN EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING MARBLE SIZED HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTS OF WIND TO 40 MILES AN HOUR ACCORDING TO SPOTTER REPORTS. THIS STORM SHOULD PASS OUT OF THE FORT REYNOLDS AREA BY AROUND 500 PM. 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. 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. LARSON
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.