Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 1994, 3:44 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Colorado. It was in force for 21 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 1994, 3:44 PM MDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 1994, 4:05 PM MDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Huerfano County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -355 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 892 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 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 052145 RRA SVRPUB COC055-052230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 344 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY INCLUDING THE TOWN WALSENBURG. AT 340 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALSENBURG MOVING SOUTH AND A LITTLE EAST AT 25 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDE RSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 5, 2:47 PM MDT, 57 minutes before
COZ067-071-052150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 247 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9PM MDT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO EL PASO..ELBERT AND LINCOLN COUNTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE TOWNS OF COLORADO SPRINGS LIMON AND KIOWA... AT 240 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FROM ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS IN WESTERN ELBERT COUNTY TO ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS IN TELLER COUNTY. OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER EXTREME NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY NEAR PALMER LAKE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN AREA COVERAGE AND IN- TENSITY OVER EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND SOME MAY BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN..LARGE HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WIND AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED CROWLEY
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:14 PM MDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO 315 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN RIO GRANDE AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES... A COUPLE OF LARGE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...THE FIRST BEING IN WESTERN RIO GRANDE COUNTY NEAR MONTE VISTA AND THE OTHER IS 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF SAGUACHE IN SAGUACHE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR. AT THIS TIME...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN LOOK TO BE THE MAIN WEATHER CONCERNS. HOWEVER...FUNNEL CLOUDS OR TORNADOES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. LIMON RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS IN CONEJOS COUNTY 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF LA JARA AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PLATORO RESERVIOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO QUITE STRONG. PERSONS ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO ARE URGED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE STATE PATROL OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. AT SIGNS OF IMPENDING STORMS MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER SUCH AS A REINFORCED BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS. STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. DELOZIER
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:15 PM MDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO 315 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN RIO GRANDE AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES... A COUPLE OF LARGE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...THE FIRST BEING IN WESTERN RIO GRANDE COUNTY NEAR MONTE VISTA AND THE OTHER IS 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF SAGUACHE IN SAGUACHE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR. AT THIS TIME...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN LOOK TO BE THE MAIN WEATHER CONCERNS. HOWEVER...FUNNEL CLOUDS OR TORNADOES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. LIMON RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS IN CONEJOS COUNTY 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF LA JARA AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PLATORO RESERVIOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO QUITE STRONG. PERSONS ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO ARE URGED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE STATE PATROL OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. AT SIGNS OF IMPENDING STORMS MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER SUCH AS A REINFORCED BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS. STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. DELOZIER
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:16 PM MDT, 28 minutes before
COZ078-052200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 315 PM MDT THU AUG 4 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING NORTHWEST FREMONT COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ALONG HIGHWAY 50 ACROSS WELLSVILLE BY 330 PM MDT AND ACROSS HOWARD BY 345 PM. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN OVER THE MOUNTAIN IN CHAFFEE AND FREMONT COUNTIES THESE STRORMS WIL MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE FROM THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA SOUTH TO NEAR THE CITY OF PUEBLO BY 4 PM MDT. FORTUNE
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:31 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
COZ067-071-072-052235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 331 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9PM MDT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO EL PASO..ELBERT AND LINCOLN COUNTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE TOWNS OF COLORADO SPRINGS LIMON AND KIOWA... AT 330 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER COLORADO SPRINGS TO THE EL PASO/DOUGLAS COUNTY LINE AND TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS. SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS AROUND COLORADO SPRINGS IN THE PAST 1/2 HOUR. OTHER STORMS WERE OVER TELLER COUNTY..ABOUT 15 TO 20 MILES WEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. ALL OF THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN..HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WIND AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. CROWLEY
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:32 PM MDT, 12 minutes before
COZ067-071-072-052235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 331 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9PM MDT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO EL PASO..ELBERT AND LINCOLN COUNTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE TOWNS OF COLORADO SPRINGS LIMON AND KIOWA... AT 330 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER COLORADO SPRINGS TO THE EL PASO/DOUGLAS COUNTY LINE AND TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS. SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS AROUND COLORADO SPRINGS IN THE PAST 1/2 HOUR. OTHER STORMS WERE OVER TELLER COUNTY..ABOUT 15 TO 20 MILES WEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. ALL OF THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN..HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WIND AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. CROWLEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 5:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 33 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.