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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 7, 1986Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1986, 7:40 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1986, 7:40 PM MDT (01:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1986, 8:40 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 00:00Z on 1986-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 945 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 00:00Z on 1986-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
945 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1732 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 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 7, 1:58 PM MDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
155 PM MDT SAT JUN 7 1986

    ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP IN HUERFANO COUNTY...

AT 155 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN HUERFANO COUNTY
16 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF GARDNER. MOVEMENT OF THESE
STORMS WERE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING
HOURS. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN..LARGE HAIL AND
STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS NEAR STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND SEEK
SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
WOODS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:28 PM MDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
425 PM MDT SAT JUN 7 1986

    ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHERN OTERO COUNT...

AT 420 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ON SOUTHERN OTERO
COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF LA JUNTA WITH ANOTHER STORM ABOUT 25
MILES SOUTHEAST OF PUEBLO ON THE PUEBLO OTERO COUNTY LINE. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST 10 MILES AN HOUR.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING
HOURS. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN..LARGE HAIL AND
STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS NEAR STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND SEEK
SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA @WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS
ON THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
GRAY
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:09 PM MDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
510 PM MDT SAT JUN 7 1986

   ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN OTERO COUNTY...

AT 505 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH
OTERO COUNTY AND HAD MOVED TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF LA JUNTA. PERSONS IN
THE NORTHERN OTERO COUNTY TOWNS OF LA JUNTA..ROCKY FORD..SWINK AND
HAWLEY CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FOR THE NEXT ONE TO
TWO HOURS..BETWEEN 6 PM AND 7PM MDT THIS EVENING.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS IN
SOUTHEAST COLORADO. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN
..LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS NEAR STORMS SHOULD
REMAIN ALER^T AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS
ON THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
GRAY
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:47 PM MDT, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
645 PM MDT SAT JUN 7 1986

  ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

AT 640 PM MDT VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING INTO A LINE
STRETCHING FROM NORTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY AND CURVING SOUTH TO SOUTHERN
BACA AND LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. TOWNS AFFECTED BY THE VERY STRONG STORMS
WILL BE LA JUNTA..LAS ANIMAS..LAMAR..KIM PRITCHETT AND SPRINGFILES. THE
STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 10 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG
WITH HEAVY RAIN. RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN A VERY HEAVY
STORM IN CROWLEY COUNTY EARLIER THIS EVENING AND OTHERS COULD DEVELOP.
IN ADDITION..HAIL IS POSSIBLE IN THESE VERY STRONG STORMS.

PERSONS IN THE AREA OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER WITHOUT DELAY IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. THE VERY STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH
THESE STORMS CAN ARISE QUICKLY AND EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
GRAY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 6:10 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBCrowley50 min
Jun 8, 2:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa60 min
Jun 8, 3:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Otero60 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.