Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
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.
- 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
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.
WOODSSpecial 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.
GRAYSpecial 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 6:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 2:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 3:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Otero | 60 min |
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.