Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 1986, 2:01 AM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 1986, 2:01 AM MDT (08:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 1986, 2:45 AM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pueblo 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDEN 020801 SVRPUB COC101-020845- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO ISSUED BY DENVER CO 201 AM MDT SAT AUG 2 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO...WESTERN PUEBLO THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES... PUEBLO RESERVOIR AREA AND THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. AT 152 AM MDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED 2 FUNNEL CLOUDS NORTHWEST OF PUEBLO RESERVOIR ALONG WITH 1/2 INCH HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA..GO TO A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER LOW AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. REMEMBER... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OF OVER 60 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREAlRELAY YOUR REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER...OR CALL YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER AT 361-0663. DO NOT CALL THIS NUMBER FOR INFORMATION. GARD...WSFO DENVER
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, 8:25 PM MDT, 5 hours 36 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, 5 hours 33 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.
HAVILLSpecial weather statement, Aug 1, 9:22 PM MDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 920 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 1986 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 920 PM MDT VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER NORTHERN OTERO AND SOUTHERN CROWLEY COUNTIES. ORDWAY REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN AT 905 PM MDT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE ARKANSAS RIVER REMAINS 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 WITHOUT DELAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO INTO THE NIGHT. SEVERE STORMS COULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP..PRODUCEING 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, 9:30 PM MDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
925 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 1986
...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE PIKES PEAK REGION...
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RUMBLE ACROSS EL PASO COUNTY AND THE
CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS THIS EVENING. AT 930 PM THE HEAVIEST
ACTIVITY WAS CONFINED TO THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF EL
PASO COUNTY AND NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS MOVING TO THE SOUTH-
EAST AT 15 MPH.
BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL..SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE
EXPECTED OUT OF THESE STORMS BEFORE THEY END LATER THIS EVENING.
STAYED TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND T.V. STATIONS OR THIS NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RADIO STATION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARMINGS
THAT2 MAY BE REQUIRED.
HAVILLSpecial weather statement, Aug 1, 9:50 PM MDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 950 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 1986 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 950 PM MDT VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER ORDWAY IN CROWLEY COUNTY..LA JUNTA IN OTERO COUNTY..NORTH AND EAST OF LAS ANIMAS IN BENT COUNTY AND SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CHIVINGTON IN KIOWA COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED SMALL HAIL WITH THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE ARKANSAS RIVER REMAINS 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 WITHOUT DELAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEVERE STORMS COULD CONTINUE...PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN..HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. STAY TUNED TO RMADIO..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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Bent, Prowers | 60 min |
| Aug 1, 8:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 60 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.