Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 1986, 7:00 PM MDT for Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 1986, 7:00 PM MDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 1986, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Baca County, CO, Prowers 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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 1619 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPUB 020105 SVRPUB COC009-099-020200- BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 700 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO...EASTERN BACA..EASTERN PROWERS AT 700 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN BACA AND EASTERN PROWERS COUNTIES. THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF GRANADA IN PROWERS COUNTY TO SOUTH OF WALSH IN EASTERN BACA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED WITH THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..LARGE HAIL..AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PERSONS NEAR STORMS SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER WITHOUT DELAY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. 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, Aug 1, 4:37 PM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
440 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 1986
...THUNDERSTORMS IN EL PASO COUNTY ONCE AGAIN...
AT 435 PM RADAR INDICATES A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF
COLORADO SPRINGS COLO MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS
STORM COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AS IT
MOVES ACROSS I-25.
MOTORISTS DRIVING BETWEEN COLORADO SPRINGS AND PUEBLO SHOULD BE
ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED FOR PERIODS OF
LOW VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY RAIN.
STAYED TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND T.V. STATIONS OR THIS NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RADIO STATION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARMINGS
THAT MAY BE REQUIRED.
HAVILLSpecial weather statement, Aug 1, 4:46 PM MDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 545 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 1986 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 545 PM MDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER WESTERN PUEBLO...NORTHERN LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHERN BACA COUNTIES OF SOUTH- EAST COLORADO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 8 MILES EAST OF THATCHER IN NORTHERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AS 20 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS..SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE. HAIL..BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. WOODS
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 5:41 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
540 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 1986
...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN BENT COUNTY....
AT 540 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAIN OVER EASTERN BENT 5 MILES EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF
LAS ANIMAS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN
HOUR.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST
COLORADO INTO THE EVENING HOURS. STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE..PRODUCING
HAIL..BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
PEOPLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
OR WARNINGS.
WOODSSpecial weather statement, Aug 1, 6:06 PM MDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 605 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 1986 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 605 PM MDT VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER EASTERN BENT AND WESTERN PROWERS COUNTIES. THESE STROMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAMAR. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO INTO THE NIGHT. STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE..PRODUCING HAIL..BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PEOPLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO R3ADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. WOODS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 6:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 60 min |
| Aug 1, 7:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 55 min |
| Aug 1, 8:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 60 min |
| Aug 1, 8:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 2:01 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 3:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 4:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986
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.