Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 5, 1994, 6:40 PM MDT for Otero County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 5, 1994, 6:40 PM MDT (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 1994, 7:10 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 656 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1878 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS1 KPUB 060040 RRA
SVRPUB
COC025-089-101-060130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
640 PM MDT WED OCT 5 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
...SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTY
...EXTREME EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY INCLUDING MOTORISTS ALONG
HIGHWAYS 50 AND 96 BETWEEN BOONE AND ORDWAY.
AT 635 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOWLER
MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 40 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.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, 6:09 PM MDT, 31 minutes before
COZ073>081-060045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 608 PM MDT WED OCT 5 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO TIL 10 PM... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO AT 600 PM. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR TRINIDAD TO EAST OF WALSENBURG AND INTO EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY EAST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF PUEBLO. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH AND A LITTLE EAST AT 30 MPH. SEVERE WEATHER COULD STILL DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN THIS EVENING...RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BT
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 6:32 PM MDT, 8 minutes before
COZ073>081-060130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 632 PM MDT WED OCT 5 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO TIL 10 PM... AT 630 PM MDT...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHEAST PUEBLO COUNTY ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PUEBLO. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE BETWEEN BOONE AND FOWLER BY 700 PM. HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. PERSONS IN EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY...CROWLEY AND NORTHWEST OTERO COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER WITHOUT DELAY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE DEVELOPING STORMS. RMG
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 6:34 PM MDT, 6 minutes before
COZ067-071-072-060135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 634 PM MDT WED OCT 5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 630 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE PIKES PEAK REGION. THE STORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS MOVED INTO LINCOLN COUNTY. EARLIER THIS EVENING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN THE TOWN OF YODER AND ON HIGHWAY 94 BETWEEN YODER AND RUSH. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DROPPED .75 INCHES OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES. PEA SIZE HAIL FELL AT THE COLORADO SPRINGS AIRPORT. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER ELBERT AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURRING AT THE MOMENT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOS OVER EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT AS GREAT OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE PIKES PEAK REGION. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS TORNADOS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. GOUDSWARD
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 6:36 PM MDT, 4 minutes before
COZ073>081-060130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 632 PM MDT WED OCT 5 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO TIL 10 PM... AT 630 PM MDT...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHEAST PUEBLO COUNTY ABOUT 30 MILES OSUTHEAST OF PUEBLO. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE BETWEEN BOONE AND FOWLER BY 700 PM. HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. PERSONS IN EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY...CROWLEY AND NORTHWEST OTERO COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER WITHOUT DELAY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE DEVELOPING STORMS. RMG
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 6:37 PM MDT, 3 minutes before
COZ067-071-072-060135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 634 PM MDT WED OCT 5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 630 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE PIKES PEAK REGION. THE STORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS MOVED INTO LINCOLN COUNTY. EARLIER THIS EVENING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN THE TOWN OF YODER AND ON HIGHWAY 94 BETWEEN YODER AND RUSH. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DROPPED .75 INCHES OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES. PEA SIZE HAIL FELL AT THE COLORADO SPRINGS AIRPORT. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER ELBERT AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURRING AT THE MOMENT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOS OVER EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT AS GREAT OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE PIKES PEAK REGION. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS TORNADOS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. GOUDSWARD
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 6:39 PM MDT, 1 minute before
COZ073>081-060130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 632 PM MDT WED OCT 5 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO TIL 10 PM... AT 630 PM MDT...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHEAST PUEBLO COUNTY ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PUEBLO. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE BETWEEN BOONE AND FOWLER BY 700 PM. HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. PERSONS IN EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY...CROWLEY AND NORTHWEST OTERO COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER WITHOUT DELAY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE DEVELOPING STORMS. RMG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 6:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 50 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.