Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1994, 3:07 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 1994, 3:07 PM MDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1994, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pueblo County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1551 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KPUB 132107 RRA SVRPUB COC101-132200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 307 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...PUEBLO COUNTY AT 3 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 6 MILES NORTH OF PUEBLO AIRPORT MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. THE STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL PRODUCE RAPID PONDING IN LOW AREAS. THE BRUNT OF THIS STORM WILL LIKELY MOVE JUST NORTH OF THE AIRPORT, HOWEVER, THE WINDS, HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL MAY BE FELT OVER THE CITY OF PUEBLO ALSO. THE STORM WILL MOVE TO NEAR THE TOWN OF BOONE AND THE PUEBLO DEPOT ACTIVITY BY 330 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.
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 13, 12:26 PM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
COZ012>014-016-023-060>066-132230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO 1222 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 1994 ...ANOTHER AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 12:38 PM MDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
COZ068>070-073>081- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1238 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER MOUNTAINS... THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS IN FREMONT, CUSTER, HUERFANO AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. THE STORMS IN FREMONT COUNTY WERE NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF CANON CITY. ANOTHER STORM WAS NORTH WEST OF TRINIDAD. THESE STORMS WERE BILLOWING UP RAPIDLY AND HAVE NOT BEGUN TO PRODUCE MUCH IN THE WAY OF RAIN. AS THEY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP, HOWEVER, HEAVY RAIN WILL BECOME MORE OF A THREAT. HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE FLOODING IN FREMONT COUNTY WHERE HEAVY RAIN FELL EARLIER THIS WEEK. KEEP AN EYE ON THESE STORMS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND KEEP AN EAR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. FORTUNE
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 12:39 PM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
COZ068>070-073>081- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1238 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER MOUNTAINS... THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS IN FREMONT, CUSTER, HUERFANO AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. THE STORMS IN FREMONT COUNTY WERE NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF CANON CITY. ANOTHER STORM WAS NORTH WEST OF TRINIDAD. THESE STORMS WERE BILLOWING UP RAPIDLY AND HAVE NOT BEGUN TO PRODUCE MUCH IN THE WAY OF RAIN. AS THEY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP, HOWEVER, HEAVY RAIN WILL BECOME MORE OF A THREAT. HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE FLOODING IN FREMONT COUNTY WHERE HEAVY RAIN FELL EARLIER THIS WEEK. KEEP AN EYE ON THESE STORMS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND KEEP AN EAR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. FORTUNE
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 2:06 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
COZ068>070-073>081-132210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 206 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NORTH OF PUEBLO... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NORTH AND WEST OF PUEBLO. A STRONG STORM WAS 15 MILES NORTH OF PUEBLO, NEAR THE EL PASO COUNTY LINE AND INTERSTATE 25. THIS TORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AND WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINA ND STRONG WINDS. IF THE STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHEAST IT WILL MOVE JUST NORTH OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO TO NEAR THE PUEBLO MEMORIAL AIRPORT AND PUEBLO DEPOT ACTIVITY BETWEEN 3 AND 4 PM MDT. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR CANON CITY AND FLORENCE AND NEAR COLORADO CITY AND RYE. THESE STORMS COULD EASILY PRODUCE SOME HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FREMONT, CUSTER, HUERFANO AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUTNY TILL 10 PM. THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT IS NOT ALWAYS PREDICTABLE AND OFTEN CHANGES ABRUPTLY. KEEP AN EYE ON THESE STORMS AND WATCH OUT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THAT COULD RESULT IN HEAVY RAIN. FORTUNE
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 2:58 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
COZ068>070-073>081-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 258 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF PUEBLO... AT 255 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTOM WAS 8 MILES NORTH OF THE PUEBLO AIRPORT MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF IT CONTINUES PRESENT MOVEMENT THE STORM WILL MOVE OVER THE PUEBLO DEPOT ACTIVITY AND THE TOWNS OF BOONE AND AVONDALE BETWEEN 3 AND 4 PM. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM COULD RESULT IN RAPID PONDING OF WATER IN LOW AREAS, GULLYS AND SMALL STREAMS AND UNDER PASSES. FORTUNE
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 2:59 PM MDT, 8 minutes before
COZ068>070-073>081-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 258 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF PUEBLO... AT 255 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTOM WAS 8 MILES NORTH OF THE PUEBLO AIRPORT MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF IT CONTINUES PRESENT MOVEMENT THE STORM WILL MOVE OVER THE PUEBLO DEPOT ACTIVITY AND THE TOWNS OF BOONE AND AVONDALE BETWEEN 3 AND 4 PM. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM COULD RESULT IN RAPID PONDING OF WATER IN LOW AREAS, GULLYS AND SMALL STREAMS AND UNDER PASSES. FORTUNE
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.