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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 7, 1986Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1986, 5:33 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 1986, 5:33 PM MDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 1986, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Baca 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 240 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1986-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 505 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1986-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
505 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
652 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 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, Jul 7, 1:58 PM MDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
200 PM MDT MON JUL 7 1986

       ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN PUEBLO COUNTY...

AT 200 PM MDT HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL
PUEBLO COUNTY SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND
SHOULD MOVE OVER THE CITY OF PUEBLO WITHIN THE HOUR.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF
SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS
COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...INTENSE
LIGHTNING AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.

SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
WOODS
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:18 PM MDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
218 PM MDT MON JUL 7 1986

         ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN BACA COUNTY...

AT 216 PM MDT HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN
BACA COUNTY 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF SPRINGFIELD. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
THE THUNDERSTORMS IN PUEBLO COUNTY HAD DECREASED IN INTENSITY..
BUT WIND GUST OF 44 MPH WERE RECORDED AT THE PUEBLO AIRPORT AT
205 PM MDT AND PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ON THE MESA.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF
SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS
COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...INTENSE
LIGHTNING AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.

YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
WOODS
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 3:12 PM MDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
310 PM MDT MON JUL 7 1986

         ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN BENT COUNTY...

AT 310 PM MDT HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER EASTERN BENT
COUNTY..15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAMAR. THESE STORMS WRER MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE IN EASTERN PUEBLO...OTERO AND NORTHERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES.
THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF
SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS
COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...INTENSE
LIGHTNING AND FLOODING OF LOW L8YING AREAS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
WOODS
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 3:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
345 PM MDT MON JUL 7 1986

        ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

AT 345 PM MDT HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAD CONTINUED IN SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO...IN PROWERS COUNTY 5 MILES WEST OF LAMAR...IN BACA COUNTY
15 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRITCHETT AND IN CROWLEY COUNTY NEAR OLNEY
SPRINGS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
HAIL WAS INDICATED WITH THESE STORMS.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF
SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS
COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...INTENSE
LIGHTNING AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.e

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
WOODS
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 4:18 PM MDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
418 PM MDT MON JUL 7 1986

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

AT 418 PM MDT HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO
...IN OTERO..BENT...PROWERS...LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES OF SOUTH-
EASTERN COLORADO. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAMAR
IN NORTHWEST BACA COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED HAIL AND POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN
WITH THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF
SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THESE STORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE AT ANYTIME PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS
...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
WOODS
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 5:15 PM MDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
515 PM MDT MON JUL 7 1986

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

AT 515 PM MDT HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO
...IN BENT...PROWERS...BACA AND EAST LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST
COLORADO. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE...NEAR THE BENT PROWERS COUNTY LINES
NEAR BIG BEND AND WILEY. A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF LAMAR..SOUTHWEST TO EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
NEAR KIM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH.

PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES..PARTICULARY IN THE COMMUNITIES OF WILEY..
GRANADA..HOLLY..KIM..SPRINGFIELD AND PRITCHETT SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TOS
THE THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..HAIL..LIGHTNING AND
LOCAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE IN THESE THUNDERSTORMS
THIS EVENING.{{}
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
GRAY

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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.