Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 4, 1994, 2:25 PM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 4, 1994, 2:25 PM MDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 1994, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bent County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 717 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 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 042023 RRA SVRPUB COC011-042100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 225 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...SOUTH CENTRAL BENT COUNTY AT 220 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN SOUTH CENTRAL BENT COUNTY ...ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF LAS ANIMAS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST 30 MPH. THIS STORM IS LIKELY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GRAY
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, Oct 4, 8:30 AM MDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
COZ012-013-014-016-023-060>066-041800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO 830 AM MDT TUE OCT 04 1994 ...A MIXED BAG OF WEATHER FOR THIS EARLY FALL DAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO THIS MORNING DUE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PRESENTLY LOCATED NEAR THE CALIFORNIA COAST AND A JET STREAM THAT IS SITUATED OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO. THE SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY BE MOVING INTO THE AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE SYSTEM IS CAUSING A MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY WIND FLOW ACROSS THE AREA WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM MOISTURE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL SYSTEM ARE BANDS OF CLOUDS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SATELLITE IMAGES ARE SHOWING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS NEAR CORTEZ AND DURANGO...THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. AS THE BANDS OF SHOWERS MOVE ACROSS THE REGION SKIES WILL BECOME CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS...THUNDER AND POSSIBLY HEAVY RAIN. LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH MANY OF THE THESE STORMS. IN THE MOUNTAIN AREAS SHOWERS FALLING TODAY ABOVE 10000 FEET WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. AS THE BANDS OF MOISTURE MOVE THROUGH...CLOUDS WILL DECREASE FOR A TIME AND THEN INCREASE AGAIN AS THE NEXT BAND MOVES INTO THE AREA...THEREFORE VARIABLE CLOUDS WILL BE OVER THE REGION THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM. DELOZIER
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 8:31 AM MDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
COZ012-013-014-016-023-060>066-041800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO 830 AM MDT TUE OCT 04 1994 ...A MIXED BAG OF WEATHER FOR THIS EARLY FALL DAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO THIS MORNING DUE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PRESENTLY LOCATED NEAR THE CALIFORNIA COAST AND A JET STREAM THAT IS SITUATED OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO. THE SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY BE MOVING INTO THE AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE SYSTEM IS CAUSING A MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY WIND FLOW ACROSS THE AREA WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM MOISTURE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL SYSTEM ARE BANDS OF CLOUDS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SATELLITE IMAGES ARE SHOWING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS NEAR CORTEZ AND DURANGO...THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. AS THE BANDS OF SHOWERS MOVE ACROSS THE REGION SKIES WILL BECOME CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS...THUNDER AND POSSIBLY HEAVY RAIN. LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH MANY OF THE THESE STORMS. IN THE MOUNTAIN AREAS SHOWERS FALLING TODAY ABOVE 10000 FEET WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. AS THE BANDS OF MOISTURE MOVE THROUGH...CLOUDS WILL DECREASE FOR A TIME AND THEN INCREASE AGAIN AS THE NEXT BAND MOVES INTO THE AREA...THEREFORE VARIABLE CLOUDS WILL BE OVER THE REGION THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM. DELOZIER
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 8:44 AM MDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
COZ067-071-072-041645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 844 AM MDT TUE OCT 4 1994 ...A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MID MORNING... ...SHOWERS...SNOW...FOG...TAKE YOUR CHOICE THIS MORNING. THE SHOWERS FALLING IN EL PASO COUNTY THIS MORNING WERE GENERALLY LIGHT TO MODERATE...ALTHOUGH SOME HAVE APPROACHED HEAVY INTENSITIES AT THE AIRPORT. PATCHY DENSE FOG WAS ALSO CAUSING SOME DRIVING PROBLEMS THIS MORNING WITH VISIBILITIES AROUND 1/4 TO 1 MILES THROUGHOUT THE AREA. THE RAIN ALONG WITH THE FOG...HOWEVER...HAD CAUSED MAINLY MINOR IRRITATION THIS MORNING. AT 835 AM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS...SOME MODERATE TO HEAVY...OVER MOST OF EL PASO AND A LARGE PART OF TELLER COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING FROM THE COLORADO SPRINGS AIRPORT EAST AND NORTHEASTWARD TO CALHAN AND ELLICOTT. THIS RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. MORE RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST TODAY ALONG WITH THUNDERSTORMS...AND SOME ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM TWO EXTREMELY WET STORM SYSTEMS...AND WILL NOT HOLD MUCH MORE WATER. STREAMS AND CREEKS...ARE RUNNING SWIFTLY AND HIGH...A FEW NEAR BANKFULL. WITH MORE RAINFALL EXPECTED TODAY...PERSONS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY MONUMENT...FOUNTAIN...BEAR...CHEYENNE...PINE AND CAMP CREEKS...SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR FLOODING. ANOTHER DANGER FROM THE RAINFALL...COULD COME IN THE FORM OF EARTH SLIDES FROM THE SATURATED HILLSIDES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. SHALLOW...SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER CAN WASH A CAR FROM A ROADWAY. ALSO...THE ROADBED MAY NOT BE INTACT UNDER THE WATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. MAXWELL
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 8:46 AM MDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
COZ067-071-072-041645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 844 AM MDT TUE OCT 4 1994 ...A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MID MORNING... ...SHOWERS...SNOW...FOG...TAKE YOUR CHOICE THIS MORNING. THE SHOWERS FALLING IN EL PASO COUNTY THIS MORNING WERE GENERALLY LIGHT TO MODERATE...ALTHOUGH SOME HAVE APPROACHED HEAVY INTENSITIES AT THE AIRPORT. PATCHY DENSE FOG WAS ALSO CAUSING SOME DRIVING PROBLEMS THIS MORNING WITH VISIBILITIES AROUND 1/4 TO 1 MILES THROUGHOUT THE AREA. THE RAIN ALONG WITH THE FOG...HOWEVER...HAD CAUSED MAINLY MINOR IRRITATION THIS MORNING. AT 835 AM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS...SOME MODERATE TO HEAVY...OVER MOST OF EL PASO AND A LARGE PART OF TELLER COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING FROM THE COLORADO SPRINGS AIRPORT EAST AND NORTHEASTWARD TO CALHAN AND ELLICOTT. THIS RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. MORE RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST TODAY ALONG WITH THUNDERSTORMS...AND SOME ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM TWO EXTREMELY WET STORM SYSTEMS...AND WILL NOT HOLD MUCH MORE WATER. STREAMS AND CREEKS...ARE RUNNING SWIFTLY AND HIGH...A FEW NEAR BANKFULL. WITH MORE RAINFALL EXPECTED TODAY...PERSONS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY MONUMENT...FOUNTAIN...BEAR...CHEYENNE...PINE AND CAMP CREEKS...SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR FLOODING. ANOTHER DANGER FROM THE RAINFALL...COULD COME IN THE FORM OF EARTH SLIDES FROM THE SATURATED HILLSIDES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. SHALLOW...SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER CAN WASH A CAR FROM A ROADWAY. ALSO...THE ROADBED MAY NOT BE INTACT UNDER THE WATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. MAXWELL
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 11:30 AM MDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
COZ012-013-014-016-023-060>066-042230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO 1130 AM MDT TUE OCT 04 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO IN ADVANCE OF A STORM SYSTEM PRESENTLY LOCATED NEAR THE CALIFORNIA COAST. THE SYSTEM IS CAUSING A MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY WIND FLOW ACROSS THE AREA WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM MOISTURE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO. THEREFORE SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAIN AREAS WITH SNOW SHOWERS FALLING ON THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PEAKS. THE FORECAST IS CALLING FOR A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATION VALLEYS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DELOZIER
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 11:32 AM MDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
COZ012-013-014-016-023-060>066-042230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO 1130 AM MDT TUE OCT 04 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO IN ADVANCE OF A STORM SYSTEM PRESENTLY LOCATED NEAR THE CALIFORNIA COAST. THE SYSTEM IS CAUSING A MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY WIND FLOW ACROSS THE AREA WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM MOISTURE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO. THEREFORE SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAIN AREAS WITH SNOW SHOWERS FALLING ON THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PEAKS. THE FORECAST IS CALLING FOR A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATION VALLEYS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DELOZIER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero, Pueblo | 33 min |
| Oct 4, 2:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 39 min |
| Oct 4, 3:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 50 min |
| Oct 4, 4:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 31 min |
| Oct 4, 4:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 26 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.