Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 1994, 7:00 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 1994, 7:00 PM MDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 1994, 7:33 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Prowers County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 3150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2147 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KPUB 080102 RRA SVRPUB COC099-080145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 700 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY...INCLUDING HOLLY AT 655 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN THE EXTREME NORTHEAST PORTION OF PROWERS COUNTY ABOUT 32 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH- SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE TOWN OF HOLLY BY ABOUT 725 PM MDT. 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. 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 THUNDERSTORMS. 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 7, 3:30 PM MDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
COZ079>81-072300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 330 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 1994 ...THUNDERSTORM MAY BRING STRONG WINDS IN THE SOUTHEAST... A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED AROUND 3 PM AND CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN OVER NORTHERN BACA COUNTY. AT 325 PM MDT THE STORM WAS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 116 AND US HWY 287. WHICH IS ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD. THE STORM WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH AND WHILE IT MAY NOT PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN, IT COULD PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS FOR SEVERAL MILES IN ALL DIRECTIONS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM DOOR AND WINDOWS. WATCH OUT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS EVEN THOUGH THE STORM IS SEVERAL MILES AWAY. FORTUNE
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 3:33 PM MDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
COZ079>81-072300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 330 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 1994 ...THUNDERSTORM MAY BRING STRONG WINDS IN THE SOUTHEAST... A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED AROUND 3 PM AND CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN OVER NORTHERN BACA COUNTY. AT 325 PM MDT THE STORM WAS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 116 AND US HWY 287. WHICH IS ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD. THE STORM WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH AND WHILE IT MAY NOT PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN, IT COULD PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS FOR SEVERAL MILES IN ALL DIRECTIONS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM DOOR AND WINDOWS. WATCH OUT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS EVEN THOUGH THE STORM IS SEVERAL MILES AWAY. FORTUNE 8
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 6:01 PM MDT, 59 minutes before
COZ046-047-080105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ..CORR TIME 1ST LINE.. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 601 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER EASTERN ELBERT AND MOST OF LNCOLN COUNTY... AT 550 PM MDT..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2-3 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOYERO IN SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY..OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIMON AND MOVING TO THE SOUTH- EAST AROUND 15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD CAUSE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS..BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVE ACROSS THE AREAO. OTHER THUNDERSTORM CELLS WERE LOCATED OVER MUCH OF EASTERN ELBERT AND NORTHERN LINCOLN CONTIES OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. THESE STORM CELLS WILL PRODUCE LITTLE RAIN FALL BUT COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..CALLED MICRO BURSTS..WITH SPEEDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH. PERSONS DRIVING UNDER ONE OF THESE HIGH BASED STORM CELLS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A SUDDEN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL DUE TO THESE STRONG..VIOLENT WINDS. THE STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE POWER DISRUPTIONS...HAZARDS TO TRAILERS AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND BLOWING DUST THAT CAN REDUCE VISIBILITY SUDDENLY TO NEAR ZERO IN AREAS WHERE PLOWED FIELDS EXIST.
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 6:03 PM MDT, 57 minutes before
COZ046-047-080105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 601 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER EASTERN ELBERT AND MOST OF LNCOLN COUNTY... AT 450 PM MDT..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2-3 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOYERO IN SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY..OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIMON AND MOVING TO THE SOUTH- EAST AROUND 15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD CAUSE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS..BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVE ACROSS THE AREAO. OTHER THUNDERSTORM CELLS WERE LOCATED OVER MUCH OF EASTERN ELBERT AND NORTHERN LINCOLN CONTIES OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. THESE STORM CELLS WILL PRODUCE LITTLE RAIN FALL BUT COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..CALLED MICRO BURSTS..WITH SPEEDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH. PERSONS DRIVING UNDER ONE OF THESE HIGH BASED STORM CELLS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A SUDDEN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL DUE TO THESE STRONG*..VIOLENT WINDS. THE STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE POWER DISRUPTIONS...HAZARDS TO TRAILERS AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND BLOWING DUST THAT CAN REDUCE VISIBILITY SUDDENLY TO NEAR ZERO IN AREAS WHERE PLOWED FIELDS EXIST.
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 6:09 PM MDT, 51 minutes before
COZ046-047-080105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ..CORR TIME 1ST LINE.. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 601 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER EASTERN ELBERT AND MOST OF LNCOLN COUNTY... AT 550 PM MDT..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2-3 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOYERO IN SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY..OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIMON AND MOVING TO THE SOUTH- EAST AROUND 15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD CAUSE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS..BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVE ACROSS THE AREAO. OTHER THUNDERSTORM CELLS WERE LOCATED OVER MUCH OF EASTERN ELBERT AND NORTHERN LINCOLN CONTIES OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. THESE STORM CELLS WILL PRODUCE LITTLE RAIN FALL BUT COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..CALLED MICRO BURSTS..WITH SPEEDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH. PERSONS DRIVING UNDER ONE OF THESE HIGH BASED STORM CELLS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A SUDDEN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL DUE TO THESE STRONG..VIOLENT WINDS. THE STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE POWER DISRUPTIONS...HAZARDS TO TRAILERS AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND BLOWING DUST THAT CAN REDUCE VISIBILITY SUDDENLY TO NEAR ZERO IN AREAS WHERE PL8OWED FIELDS EXIST.
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 6:18 PM MDT, 42 minutes before
COZ046-080120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 618 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 1994 ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT FOR NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY..INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY OF LIMON... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY AND WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. AT 610 PM..THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS IN NORTHEAST COLORADO EXTENDING FROM AROUND GREELEY TO THE AKRON AREA..AND WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. 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.
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.