Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Oct 4, 1994, 4:49 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 4, 1994, 4:49 PM MDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 1994, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 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, 10.8 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 042248 TORPUB COC101-042315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 449 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...NORTHEAST PUEBLO COUNTY THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEAST PUEBLO COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 515 PM. AT 445 PM THE ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS WARNING NO LONGER AFFECTS THE CITY OF PUEBLO BUT DOES INCLUDE COMMUNITIES TO EAST SUCH AS AVONDALE AND BOONE. RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW A POSSIBLE TORNADO FORMING AND ROTATION CONTINUES TO BE OBSERVED FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN PUEBLO. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THEB BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
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, 3:50 PM MDT, 59 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, 58 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.
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 4:28 PM MDT, 21 minutes before
COZ067-071-072-042330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 428 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR EL PASO COUNTY... AT 425 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY WEST OF A CALHAN...TO I-25 AND THE PUEBLO COUNTY LINE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS AIRPORT. THIS STORM PRODUCED SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS AT 405 PM THIS AFTERNOON NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF FOUNTAIN. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. BESIDES THE POSSIBILITY OF FUNNEL CLOUDS FROM THIS STORM...VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO A POSSIBILITY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN IN SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND ITS SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN SUBURBS...NOT...OVER SECTIONS OF THE CITY THAT LAST NIGHT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE ELLICOTT AREA AND POINTS EAST DURING THE NEXT HOUR...SO PERSONS ACROSS THE COUNTY SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. MAXWELL
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 4:39 PM MDT, 10 minutes before
COZ067-071-072-042330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 439 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR EL PASO COUNTY... AT 425 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY WEST OF A CALHAN...TO I-25 AND THE PUEBLO COUNTY LINE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS AIRPORT. THIS STORM PRODUCED SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS AT 405 PM THIS AFTERNOON NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF FOUNTAIN. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. BESIDES THE POSSIBILITY OF FUNNEL CLOUDS FROM THIS STORM...VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO A POSSIBILITY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN IN SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND ITS SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN SUBURBS...NOT...OVER SECTIONS OF THE CITY THAT LAST NIGHT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE ELLICOTT AREA AND POINTS EAST DURING THE NEXT HOUR...SO PERSONS ACROSS THE COUNTY SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. MAXWELL
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 4:40 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
COZ067-071-072-042330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 439 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR EL PASO COUNTY... AT 425 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY WEST OF A CALHAN...TO I-25 AND THE PUEBLO COUNTY LINE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS AIRPORT. THIS STORM PRODUCED SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS AT 405 PM THIS AFTERNOON NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF FOUNTAIN. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. BESIDES THE POSSIBILITY OF FUNNEL CLOUDS FROM THIS STORM...VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO A POSSIBILITY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN IN SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND ITS SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN SUBURBS...NOT...OVER SECTIONS OF THE CITY THAT LAST NIGHT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE ELLICOTT AREA AND POINTS EAST DURING THE NEXT HOUR...SO PERSONS ACROSS THE COUNTY SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...R"ADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. MAXWELL
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 4:45 PM MDT, 4 minutes before
COZ073-050030- URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 445 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 1994 ...TORRENTIAL RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE STORMS IN THE PUEBLO AREA... AT 445 PM MDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAVE PRODUCED LARGE HAIL IN WESTERN AND NORTHEAST PUEBLO WERE ALSO PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME AREAS OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO...MAINLY NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PUEBLO INCLUDING AREAS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50...NEAR INTERSTATE 25 WERE INDICATING SOME URBAN AND STREET FLOODING WITH THESE STORMS. MOTORISTS FROM CENTRAL TO NORTHERN PUEBLO SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION...AND AVOID DRIVING THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. STAY TUNED FOR LATER INFORMATION ON THESE STRONG STORMS. GRAY
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, 4:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 31 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.