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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 23, 1986Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1986, 5:45 PM MDT for Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 1986, 5:45 PM MDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1986, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Otero County, CO

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 223 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1986-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 56 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1986-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
56 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-339 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2330 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Jun 23, 1:34 PM MDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
135 PM MDT MON JUN 23 1986

   ...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP IN BACA COUNTY...

VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED AT 130 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON
IN BACA COUNTY OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE STORMS WERE FORMING
A LINE IN NORTHCENTRAL AND EASTERN BACA COUNTY FROM NEAR SPRINGFIELD
TO EAST SOUTHEAST OF WALSH. THE HEAVIEST STORM WAS EAST OF SPRINGFIELD.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF
SOUTHEAST COLORADO FROM NORTHWEST OF CANON CITY IN FREMONT COUNTY TO
WEST OF RATON NEW MEXICO.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER MUCH OF
SOUTHEAST COLORADO. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN..
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS
WHICH WILL BE ISSUED AS THE THUNDERSTORM SITUATION WARRANTS.
GRAY
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 1:58 PM MDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
155 PM MDT MON JUN 23 1986

...THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL EL PASO..SOUTHERN ELBERT AND EASTERN
   KIT CARSON COUNTIES IN COLORADO...

AT 145 PM MDT THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON..THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN
AND SMALL HAIL WERE OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF EL PASO COUNTY NEAR
COLORADO SPRINGS..SOUTHERN ELBERT COUNTY 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON
AND IN EAST KIT CARSON COUNTY 50 MILES EAST OF LIMON COLORADO.  THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST AT ONLY 5 TO 10 MPH.

THESE SHOWERS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL AND OCCASIONAL
STRONG GUSTY WINDS.  1/4 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE AIRPORT AT
COLORADO SPRINGS AT 140 PM.  SOME SMALL STREAM AND ROADWAY FLOODING
IS POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE SHOWERS.  INTENSE..DEADLY LIGHTNING
WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS..SO GET TO A PLACE OF SAFETY WHEN
LIGHTNING IS NEARBY.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THESE
THUNDERSTORMS AND WILL ISSUE PERIODIC STATEMENTS..WARNINGS
IF NECESSARY DURING THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:00 PM MDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
500 PM MDT MON JUN 23 1986

   ...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

AT 455 PM MDT VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
IN NORTHERN CROWLEY..SOUTHERN OTERO AND SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTIES. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN NORTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY NORTH OF SUGAR CITY
...IN OTERO COUNTY SOUTH OF HAWLEY AND IN SOUTHEAST PUEBLO COUNTY
ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PUEBLO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTH 10 MILES AN HOUR.

AT PUEBLO MEMORIAL AIRPORT THE WIND GUSTED TO 63 MPH JUST AFTER 430 PM
IN A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE CITY AND 0.22 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT
THE AIRPORT.

PERSONS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF
VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IN
THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GO TO
A SAFE PLACE WITHOUT DELAY.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV ORh NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS
WHICH WILL BE ISSUED AS THE THUNDERSTORM SITUATION WARRANTS.
GRAY
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:26 PM MDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
525 PM MDT MON JUN 23 1986

   ...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

AT 520 PM MDT VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LINE FROM NORTHERN
CROWLEY COUNTY..JUST SOUTH OF THE LINCOLN COUNTY LINE THROUGH OTERO
COUNTY TO SOUTHEAST PUEBLO COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE NEAR OVER THE CROWLEY LINCOLN COUNTY LINE AND NEAR ROCKY
FORD IN NORTH CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHWEST
10 MILES AN HOUR.

VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE VERY HEAVY STORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS EVENING.
PERSONS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

LATER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS THE THUNDERSTORM SITUATION DEMANDS.
STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.
GRAY
Local storm report, Jun 23, 5:35 PM MDT, 10 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
535 PM MDT MON JUN 23 1986

PRELIMINARY REPORTS OF WEATHER OCCURRENCES RELATING TO THUNDERSTORMS
IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO MONDAY JUNE 23 1986.
TIME   EVENT/LOCATION
......................................................................

205-220PM 3/4 INCH HAIL AND HEAVY RNFALL AT SPRINGFIELD IN BACA COUNTY
          ..58 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LHX.

230-250PM 3/4 INCH HAIL TO A DEPTH OF 3-4 INCHES AND 2.25 INCHES OF
          RAINFALL AT PRITCHETT IN BACA COUNTY..51 MILES SE OF LHX.

432 PM    WIND GUST 55 KNOTS  (63 MPH) AT PUEBLO MEMORIAL AIRPORT (PUB)
          IN PUEBLO COUNTY.

GRAY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 2:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas40 min
Jun 23, 2:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca60 min
Jun 23, 3:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero, Pueblo60 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.