Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Pueblo, CO

Issued

Aug 2, 1986, 4:50 PM MDT (22:50 UTC)

Expired

Aug 2, 1986, 5:50 PM MDT

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Pueblo, CO

Area

Whole counties

County Las Animas County, CO

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
450 PM MDT SAT AUG 2 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 550 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY OF

SOUTHEAST COLORADO...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF THATCHER..MODEL..AND PINON CANYON.

AT 445 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWEST OF
THATCHER ON THE HUERFANO..LAS ANIMAS COUNTY LINE AND ABOUT 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF THATCHER. THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HAIL AS THEY MOVED
SOUTHEAST 20 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 AREA.

THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR
NO ADVANCE WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY IF ONE IS SPOTTED.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO.
GRAY

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
130 PM MDT SAT AUG 2 1986

 ......HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN MOVE THROUGH EL PASO COUNTY...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE FRONT
RANGE AND OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE
HAIL..DAMAGING WIND..AND HEAVY RAIN.  WITH THE GROUND ALREADY
SATURATED FROM LAST NIGHT'S RAIN...CREEKS MAY RISE TO BANKFULL IN
A SHORT TIME...AND LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS UNDERPASSES AND DITCHES
MAY BE FLOODED.

REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM WOODLAND PARK OF 1/2 INCH HAIL
THIS AFTERNOON...AND MANY AREAS IN EL PASO COUNTY HAVE BEEN
REPORTING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO STATION..OR LOCAL
RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS ON THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

GURNEY

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

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.