Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1986, 4:05 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1986, 4:05 PM MDT (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1986, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 4:20 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Kiowa, CO |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1478 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 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 9, 12:47 PM MDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1245 PM MDT MON JUN 9 1986
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED IN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...
AT 1240 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED 20 MILES NORTH OF
TRINIDAD IN NORTHERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO..MOVING
TO THE NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED IN PUEBLO..FREMONT..
CUSTER AND HUERFANO COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
OVER SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME STORMS COULD
PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS..SMALL HAIL..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND SEEK
SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
CASEYSpecial weather statement, Jun 9, 1:29 PM MDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 130 PM MDT MON JUN 9 1986 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEAST PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 125 PM MDT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED INTO SOUTHEAST PUEBLO COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO..25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND COULD CAUSE HEAVY RAINS..HAIL..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER SOUTHEAST PUEBLO AND WESTERN OTERO COUNTIES. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN PUEBLO..CUSTER..FREMONT..LAS ANIMAS AND HUERFANO COUNTIES. PERSONS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY 2TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. CASEY
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:33 PM MDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 130 PM MDT MON JUN 9 1986 ..THUNDERSTORMS IN THE PIKES PEAK REGION OF EL PASO COUNTY COLORADO.. THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL ARE IN THE PIKES PEAK REGION OF EL PASO COUNTY COLORADO. THE STRONGEST STORM AT 125 PM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WITH THEM AS THEY CONTINUE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. PEA SIZED HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WERE REPORTED OVER THE SOUTHWEST PART OF COLORADO SPRINGS AT ABOUT 1 20 PM PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITY SHOULD BE WATCHFUL WHEN LIGHTNING IS NEARBY AND TAKE SHELTER. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE WATCHFUL FOR WATER OVER ROADWAYS AND SLOW DOWN TO PREVENT STALLING. PARENST ARE CAUTIONED TO KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM FAST MOVING WATER IN STREAMS AND DRAINA7GE AREAS. STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO STATION OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENST. MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 230 PM MDT MON JUN 9 1986 ..THUNDERSTORMS IN EL PASO..TELLER..AND SOUTHWEST ELBERT COUNTIES IN COLORADO.. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN EL PASO COUNTY AND HAVE MOVED INTO TELLER ANT THE SOUTHWEST PART OF ELBERT COUNTIES IN COLORADO. AT 225 PM THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD SMALL HAIL..HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING THIS AFTERNOON. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SOME ROADWAY..UNDERPASS AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE HEAVIER STORMS. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITY SHOULD BE WATCHFUL WHEN LIGHTNING IS NEARBY AND TAKE SHELTER. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE WATCHFUL FOR WATER OVER ROADWAYS AND SLOW DOWN TO PREVENT STALLING. PARENTS ARE CAUTIONED TO KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM FAST MOVING WATER IN STREAMS AND DRAINAGE AREAS. STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO STATION OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENST. MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
235 PM MDT MON JUN 9 1986
...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN OTERO COUNTY...
AT 230 PM MDT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED INTO CENTRAL OTERO
COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO..10 MILES WEST OF LA JUNTA. THIS STORM
IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND COULD PRODUCE HEAVY
RAINS..HAIL..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS A FEW WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE
SMALL HAIL WERE OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO FROM THE SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS TO THE KANSAS BORDER. PERSONS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
AT 210 PM MDT A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SPOTTED OVER CANON CITY
COLORADO IN FREMONT COUNTY BY AN OFFICER AT THE CORRECTION FACILITY.
HE ALSO REPORTED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN.
FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED SO STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO.
CASEYNearby
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.