Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 1986, 8:50 PM MDT for Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 1986, 8:50 PM MDT (02:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 1986, 9:50 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bent 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
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 591 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
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, Aug 1, 4:37 PM MDT, 4 hours 13 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, 4 hours 4 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, 3 hours 9 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, 2 hours 44 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
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 8:25 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 825 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 1986 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 825 PM MDT VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER LAMAR IN NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY AND LA JUNTA IN NORTHERN OTERO COUNTY. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED WITH THESE STORMS. HIWAY 50 AND 287 IN LAMAR HAD BEEN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE ARKANSAS RIVER..FROM WEST OF LAMAR TO EAST OF HOLLY..IS POSSIBLE AS THE SLOW MOVING STORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN. PERSONS NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RISING WATERS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO INTO THE NIGHT. SEVERE STORMS COULD CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN ..HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. WOODS
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 8:28 PM MDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
825 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 1986
...THUNDERSTORMS STILL OVER CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR COLORADO SPRINGS..FOUNTAIN AND
SECURITY HAS EXPIRED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE
PIKES PEAK REGION AND PERSONS OUT OF DOORS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITION.
HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ALL AREAS OF COLORADO SPRINGS
ALONG WITH HAILSTONES UP TO 11/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER.
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.
HAVILLThe 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, 7:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 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 | 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.