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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 12, 1986Crowley County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1986, 7:05 PM MDT for Crowley County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 1986, 7:05 PM MDT (01:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 1986, 8:05 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crowley County, CO, Pueblo 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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 00:00Z on 1986-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 129 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1986-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
129 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3341 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 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 12, 6:09 PM MDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
608 PM MDT SAT JUL 12 1986

       ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

AT 608 PM MDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN EASTERN
HUERFANO...WESTERN LAS ANIMAS AND NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTIES OF
SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE 12 MILES NORTH-
NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF TRINIDAD AND NEAR THATCHER IN LAS ANIMAS
COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS NEAR STORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS EVENING SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..
HAIL AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.
WOODS
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 6:30 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
630 PM MDT SAT JUL 12 1986

        ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN COLORADO...

HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON OVER EASTERN ELBERT
AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES OF COLORADO...10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LIMON COLORADO.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH
THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY TO THE EAST THIS EVENING.

FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

HAVILL
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 6:51 PM MDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
650 PM MDT SAT JUL 12 1986

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

AT 650 PM MDT HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO OVER THE COUNTIES OF PUEBLO...CROWLEY...OTERO AND
LAS ANIMAS. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE 8 MILES NORTH OF THE CITY
OF PUEBLO IN PUEBLO COUNTY AND OVER NORTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY.
HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED WITH THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT
WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS NEAR STORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS EVENING SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..
HAIL AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. IF THREATENING WEATHER
A!PPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.
WOODS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 8:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Otero60 min
Jul 13, 12:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa3 hr

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.