Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Oct 4, 1994, 4:14 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 4, 1994, 4:14 PM MDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 1994, 4:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pueblo County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 042213 TORPUB COC101-042245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 414 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY ... INCLUDING THE CITY OF PUEBLO... ...AT 410 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. THE STORMS IN PUEBLO COUNTY HAVE BEEN MOVING EAST 25 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. GRAY
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 11:30 AM MDT, 4 hours 44 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, 4 hours 42 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, 2:41 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
COZ071-072-042145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 241 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 1994 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM THIS EVENING. THIS WATCH INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLORADO SPRINGS...MONUMENT ...CALHAN...PEYTON...AND ELLICOTT. AT 235 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT LIMON INDICATED A FEW SHOWERS IN CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY NEAR ELLICOTT. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF EL PASO COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY WAS ALL MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THOSE AREAS THAT RECEIVED LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL LAST NIGHT SHOULD REMAIN ALERT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR MOVE FROM THE SOUTH OVER THE CITY AND COUNTY...BRINGING A CHANCE FOR HEAVY PRECIPITATION. RAINFALL AMOUNTS LAST NIGHT RANGED FROM A THIRD OF AN INCH TO 3 AND 4 INCHES IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CITY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALLS OVER THE AREA IN THE 1 INCH OR GREATER RANGE IS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...SMALL HAIL IN LARGE QUANTITIES...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ALSO...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE MUDSLIDES AS HILLSIDES ARE DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. MAXWELL
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 2:45 PM MDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
COZ071-072-042145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 241 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 1994 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM THIS EVENING. THIS WATCH INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLORADO SPRINGS...MONUMENT ...CALHAN...PEYTON...AND ELLICOTT. AT 235 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT LIMON INDICATED A FEW SHOWERS IN CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY NEAR ELLICOTT. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF EL PASO COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY WAS ALL MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THOSE AREAS THAT RECEIVED LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL LAST NIGHT SHOULD REMAIN ALERT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR MOVE FROM THE SOUTH OVER THE CITY AND COUNTY...BRINGING A CHANCE FOR HEAVY PRECIPITATION. RAINFALL AMOUNTS LAST NIGHT RANGED FROM A THIRD OF AN INCH TO 3 AND 4 INCHES IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CITY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALLS OVER THE AREA IN THE 1 INCH OR GREATER RANGE IS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...SMALL HAIL IN LARGE QUANTITIES...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ALSO...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE MUDSLIDES AS HILLSIDES ARE DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. MAXWELL
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 3:50 PM MDT, 24 minutes before
COZ067-071-072-042255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 350 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING... AT 345 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED MOSTLY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE EL PASO/FREMONT/PUEBLO COUNTY LINE OR NEAR PENROSE. OTHER SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FT CARSON MILITARY RESERVATION TOWARD THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS. ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...THAT COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND PONDING OF WEATHER IN THOSE AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY SATURATED FROM THE PREVIOUS RAINS. THESE STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE LARGE QUANTITIES OF HAIL OF VARIOUS SIZES...THAT COULD CAUSE CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ANOTHER PROBLEM THIS EVENING...HILLSIDES HAVE ALSO BECOME UNSTABLE AND WITH MORE RAIN MAY SLIDE EASILY. PERSONS IN EL PASO COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE FAST ACTION SHOULD FLOODING...OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BE REPORTED OR A WARNING ISSUED. 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 OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 3:51 PM MDT, 23 minutes before
COZ067-071-072-042255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 350 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING... AT 345 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED MOSTLY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE EL PASO/FREMONT/PUEBLO COUNTY LINE OR NEAR PENROSE. OTHER SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FT CARSON MILITARY RESERVATION TOWARD THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS. ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...THAT COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND PONDING OF WEATHER IN THOSE AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY SATURATED FROM THE PREVIOUS RAINS. THESE STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE LARGE QUANTITIES OF HAIL OF VARIOUS SIZES...THAT COULD CAUSE CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ANOTHER PROBLEM THIS EVENING...HILLSIDES HAVE ALSO BECOME UNSTABLE AND WITH MORE RAIN MAY SLIDE EASILY. PERSONS IN EL PASO COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE FAST ACTION SHOULD FLOODING...OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BE REPORTED OR A WARNING ISSUED. 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 OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOtR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
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, 2:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 35 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, 4:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 26 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.