Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 4, 1994, 7:14 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 4, 1994, 7:14 PM MDT (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 1994, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baca County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 719 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPUB 050115 RRA SVRPUB COC009-050200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 714 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...CENTRAL AND EASTERN BACA COUNTY INCLUDING HIGHWAY 287 SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD. AT 710 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD MOVING EAST AND A LITTLE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL 15 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD AS WELL AS A LARGE AMOUNT OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL 8 MILES SOUTH OF TOWN. DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE ALSO LIKELY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUDSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. &
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, 5:24 PM MDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
COZ067-071-072-050025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 524 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING... AT 520 PM MDT... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED EAST OF A CALHAN...FOUNTAIN LINE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR RUSH...OR ABOUT 40 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND ALONG THE PUEBLO/ EL PASO COUNTY LINE SOUTH OF YODER...OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THESE STORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...ALONG WITH SOME HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THIS ACTIVITY HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY DURING THE LAST HOUR...BUT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR IN EL PASO COUNTY...SO STAY TUNED AND STAY ALERT FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. SO FAR THE AREA THAT RECEIVED HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL OVER THE LAST SEVERAL NIGHTS HAS BEEN SPARED. MAXWELL
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 5:25 PM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
COZ067-071-072-050025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 524 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING... AT 520 PM MDT... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED EAST OF A CALHAN...FOUNTAIN LINE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR RUSH...OR ABOUT 40 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND ALONG THE PUEBLO/ EL PASO COUNTY LINE SOUTH OF YODER...OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THESE STORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...ALONG WITH SOME HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THIS ACTIVITY HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY DURING THE LAST HOUR...BUT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR IN EL PASO COUNTY...SO STAY TUNED AND STAY ALERT FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. SO FAR THE AREA THAT RECEIVED HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL OVER THE LAST SEVERAL NIGHTS HAS BEEN SPARED. MAXWELL
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 6:15 PM MDT, 59 minutes before
COZ067-071-072-050120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 615 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR EL PASO COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS OF 600 PM MDT. AT 610 PM MDT LIMON RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A DECREASING AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF EL PASO COUNTY. THE RAIN AREA EXTENDED FROM NEAR CALHAN...OR 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS TO THE EL PASO COUNTY/PUEBLO COUNTY LINE OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...ALONG WITH SOME SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING FOR THE NEXT HOUR. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN HAS NOT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS OR LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT HAVE SEEN HEAVY RAIN OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. GOUDSWARD
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 6:15 PM MDT, 59 minutes before
COZALL-050130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 615 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN BACA COUNTY... AT 615 PM...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO WITH ANOTHER STRONG STORM ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS BACA COUNTY SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF DARK CLOUDS ARE OBSERVED APPROACHING THEIR AREA. AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM. SHOWERS HAVE PRETTY MUCH ENDED OVER PUEBLO BUT SOME INTERSECTIONS AND LOW LYING AREAS REMAIN FLOODED. BT
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 6:17 PM MDT, 57 minutes before
COZ067-071-072-050120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 615 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR EL PASO COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS OF 600 PM MDT. AT 610 PM MDT LIMON RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A DECREASING AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF EL PASO COUNTY. THE RAIN AREA EXTENDED FROM NEAR CALHAN...OR 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS TO THE EL PASO COUNTY/PUEBLO COUNTY LINE OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...ALONG WITH SOME SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING FOR THE NEXT HOUR. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN HAS NOT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS rOR LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT HAVE SEEN HEAVY RAIN OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. GOUDSWARD
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 6:17 PM MDT, 57 minutes before
COZALL-050130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 615 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN BACA COUNTY... AT 615 PM...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO WITH ANOTHER STRONG STORM ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS BACA COUNTY SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF DARK CLOUDS ARE OBSERVtED APPROACHING THEIR AREA. AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM. SHOWERS HAVE PRETTY MUCH ENDED OVER PUEBLO BUT SOME INTERSECTIONS AND LOW LYING AREAS REMAIN FLOODED. BT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 4:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 53 min |
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.