Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1994, 6:50 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1994, 6:50 PM MDT (00:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1994, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kiowa County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3326 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KPUB 190053 RRA SVRPUB COC061-190130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 650 PM MDT WED MAY 18 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY AT 645 PM MDT...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF HASWELL. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. TOWNS INCLUDED IN THE WARNING ARE HASWELL...ARLINGTON AND HAWKINS AS WELL AS MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 96. 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, May 18, 3:51 PM MDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
COZ047-182250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 349 PM MDT WED MAY 18 1994 ...THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 345 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM...ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL... MOVING INTO THE SOUTHWEST EDGE OF LINCOLN COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF KARVAL...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD EFFECT PUNKIN JUNCTION...AND PERSONS TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAY 94 WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. PERSONS TRAVELING THROUGH THIS AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO LOCAL FLOODING OF ROADS...AND NOW ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER FLOWING ACRO*SS THE ROADS. ...END...
Special weather statement, May 18, 3:57 PM MDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
COZ047-182250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 349 PM MDT WED MAY 18 1994 ...THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 345 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM...ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL... MOVING INTO THE SOUTHWEST EDGE OF LINCOLN COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF KARVAL...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD EFFECT PUNKIN JUNCTION...AND PERSONS TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAY 94 WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. PERSONS TRAVELING THROUGH THIS AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO LOCAL FLOODING OF ROADS...AND NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WADTER FLOWING ACROSS THE ROADS. ...END...
Special weather statement, May 18, 4:35 PM MDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
COZ068>070-073>081-182345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 435 PM MDT WED MAY 18 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT TIL 10 PM MDT INCLUDES LARGE PART OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 430 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND NEARBY PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN CENTRAL CROWLEY COUNTY AND EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BT
Special weather statement, May 18, 4:35 PM MDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
COZ068>070-073>081-182345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 435 PM MDT WED MAY 18 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT TIL 10 PM MDT INCLUDES LARGE PART OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 430 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND NEARBY PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN CENTRAL CROWLEY COUNTY AND EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BT
Special weather statement, May 18, 5:42 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
COZ068>070-073>081-190030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 542 PM MDT WED MAY 18 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT TIL 10 PM MDT INCLUDES LARGE PART OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 535 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND NEARBY PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. BETWEEN ABOUT 445 AND 510 PM SMALL HAIL PILED UP TWO INCHES DEEP IN THE CITY OF TRINIDAD IN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND STRONG WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. BT
Special weather statement, May 18, 5:42 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
COZ068>070-073>081-190030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 542 PM MDT WED MAY 18 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT TIL 10 PM MDT INCLUDES LARGE PART OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 535 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND NEARBY PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. BETWEEN ABOUT 445 AND 510 PM SMALL HAIL PILED UP TWO INCHES DEEP IN THE CITY OF TRINIDAD IN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND STRONG WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. BT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 46 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.