Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 5, 1994, 4:52 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 5, 1994, 4:52 PM MDT (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 1994, 5:45 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, 10.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1334 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 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 052251 RRA SVRPUB COC101-052345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 452 PM MDT WED OCT 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF PUEBLO AT 450 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER THE CITY OF PUEBLO AND WAS PRODUCING ONE INCH HAIL OVER THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH 35 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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. 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 5, 3:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
COZ067-071-072-052240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 336 PM MDT WED OCT 5 1994 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY FROM 345 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING. THIS WATCH INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... CALHAN...ELLICOTT...RUSH...AND YODER. AT 335 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSH. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN PARTICULAR SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AND KEEP AND EYE ON THE SKY. THE KEY TO SURVIVAL IS ADVANCED PLANNING. YOU SHOULD KNOW WHERE THE SAFEST AREAS OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS ARE...SUCH AS INTERIOR ROOMS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. MAXWELL
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 3:39 PM MDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
COZ067-071-072-052240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 336 PM MDT WED OCT 5 1994 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY FROM 345 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING. THIS WATCH INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... CALHAN...ELLICOTT...RUSH...AND YODER. AT 335 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSH. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN PARTICULAR SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AND KEEP AND EYE ON THE SKY. THE KEY TO SURVIVAL IS ADVANCED PLANNING. YOU SHOULD KNOW WHERE THE SAFEST AREAS OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS ARE...SUCH AS INTERIOR ROOMS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. MAXWELL
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 4:14 PM MDT, 38 minutes before
COZ071-072-052315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 414 PM MDT WED OCT 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING YODER... AT 412 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF YODER OR 32 MILES SOUTH/SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH/NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL AFFECTING THE TOWN OF YODER SHORTLY. THIS STORM WAS PART OF DEVELOPING AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY. 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. GOUDSWARD
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 4:16 PM MDT, 36 minutes before
COZ071-072-052315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 414 PM MDT WED OCT 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING YODER... AT 412 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF YODER OR 32 MILES SOUTH/SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH/NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL AFFECTING THE TOWN OF YODER SHORTLY. THIS STORM WAS PART OF DEVELOPING AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY. 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. GOUDSWARD
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 4:30 PM MDT, 22 minutes before
COZ073-075>078-060000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 430 PM MDT WED OCT 5 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS EVENING... A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED STORMS WERE IN SOUTHWEST PUEBLO COUNTY...AND OVER THE EXTREME EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. OTHER STORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY NORTH OF ORDWAY...WHILE ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS IN NORTHEAST LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...NORTH OF KIM. ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AROUND 40 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES...AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL ...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RMG
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 4:32 PM MDT, 20 minutes before
COZ073-075>078-060000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 430 PM MDT WED OCT 5 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS EVENING... A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED STORMS WERE IN SOUTHWEST PUEBLO COUNTY...AND OVER THE EXTREME EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. OTHER STORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY NORTH OF ORDWAY...WHILE ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS IN NORTHEAST LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...NORTH OF KIM. ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AROUND 40 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES...AND SEVERE THUNDERSTJORMS WITH LARGE HAIL ...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RMG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 7:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 46 min |
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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.