Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1987, 9:26 PM MDT for Bent County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 1987, 9:26 PM MDT (03:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1987, 10:25 PM MDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bent County, CO, Otero 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 815 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPUB 240328
SVRPUB
COC089-011-240425-
BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
926 PM MDT TUE JUN 23 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1025 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
OTERO AND BENT
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING TOWNS/CITIES...
LA JUNTA
AT 921 PM MDT A THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER LA JUNTA WITH SLIGHTLY
LARGER THAN MARBLE SIZE HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. BASEBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
EARLIER FROM THIS SAME STORM AT ROCKY FORD WHICH IS 9 MILES WEST
OF LA JUNTA.
REMEMBER..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS OF OVER 60 MPH..DEADLY LIGHTNING..AND
HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA.
THESE STORMS CAN 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF
EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 100 AM MDT THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
=AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
IN PUEBLO.
GALLEGOSWhat 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 23, 3:47 PM MDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 345 PM MDT TUE JUN 23 1987 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 800 PM MDT... THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE NORTH PART OF TELLER COUNTY COLORADO AT 340 PM THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER BUT BASED ON THE WAY STORMS ARE ACTING THIS AFTERNOON STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE HEAVIER STORMS PASS. STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. THIS WILL BRING THE HEAVIER PART OF THE STORMS OVER FLORRISANT COLORADO BY ABOUT 400 PM AND INTO WOODLAND PARK BY ABOUT 500 PM. ALL PERSONS TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAY 24 WEST OF WOODLAND PARK SHOULD BE WATCHFUL FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL AND SLOW DOWN IN THE HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THESE STORMS AND ISSUE PERIODIC STATEMENTS ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF STORMS IN THE WATCH AREA. EVERY~ONE SHOULD CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO THIS WEATHER RADIO STATION OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR THIS INFORMATION. MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:50 PM MDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 449 PM MDT TUE JUN 23 1987 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS... AT 447 PM MDT SHOWERS WERE REPORTED AT CANON CITY IN FREMONT COUNTY AND A THUNDERSTORM AT TRINIDAD IN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. THE VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS HAS INCREASED THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF EASTERN COLORADO TONIGHT. KEEP AN ON ON THE SKY AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA... BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR A GOOD PORTION OF EASTERN COLORADO INCLUDING NORTHERN PUEBLO...KIOWA AND CROWLEY COUNTIES IN THE SOUTHEAST. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS THIS EVENING. GALLEGOS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 6:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 48 min |
| Jun 23, 7:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 58 min |
| Jun 24, 5:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 58 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.