Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1986, 8:10 PM MDT for Bent County, Kiowa County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 1986, 8:10 PM MDT (02:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1986, 9:10 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, 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 00:00Z, 2.2 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPUB 130211 SVRPUB COC089-011-061-130310- BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 810 PM MDT SAT JUL 12 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 910 PM MDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO...WESTERN KIOWA..NORTHERN OTERO..NORTHERN BENT RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY AND MOVING INTO NORTHERN OTERO AND NORTHWEST BENT COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WIND..LARGE HAIL..HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. LOCAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY..AND YOU SHOULD ASK YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. WOODS
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, 2 hours 1 minute 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.
WOODSSpecial weather statement, Jul 12, 6:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 40 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.
HAVILLSpecial weather statement, Jul 12, 6:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 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.
WOODSSpecial weather statement, Jul 12, 7:06 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
710 PM MDT SAT JUL 12 1986
...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN COLORADO...
HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY..40 MILES
OF LIMON COLORADO. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST
AT 5 MPH.
PERSONS LIVING IN OR DRIVING IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT
TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING.
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..SMA8LL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH
THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY TO THE EAST.
FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
HAVILLSpecial weather statement, Jul 12, 7:42 PM MDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 741 PM MDT SAT JUL 12 1986 ...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN CROWLEY COUNTY... AT 741 PM MDT VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY..10 MILES NORTH OF THE TOWN OF CROWLEY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EASTERN PUEBLO..WESTERN KIOWA ..SOUTHERN OTERO AND NORTHERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS ALSO TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO INTO THE NIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 7:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Pueblo | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 12:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 3 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.