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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 14, 1986Morgan County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1986, 5:29 PM MDT for Morgan County, Colorado. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 1986, 5:29 PM MDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1986, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Morgan County, CO

The radar

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

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 14, 1:51 PM MDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
155 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 1986

...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO ELBERT COUNTY...

AT 145 PM MDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM IN
EXTREME NORTHEAST DOUGLAS COUNTY JUST EAST OF PARKER.

THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 15 MILES PER HOUR AND SHOULD BE
IN NORTHWEST ELBERT COUNTY IN ABOUT 10 TO 15 MINUTES.  THE STORM APPEARS
TO BE TRACKING TO THE NORTH OF THE TOWNS OF ELIZABETH AND KIOWA.

HEAVY RAIN..HAIL..GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM.
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND
IF THREATENING CONDITIONS DEVELOP SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

OTSHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT RANGE AT THIS HOUR
SO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION.

THALER
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 2:27 PM MDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
230 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 1986

...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM MOVES INTO SOUTHERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY...

AT 215 PM MDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM IN
SOUTH CENTRAL ARAPAHOE COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF BENNETT.

THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 15 MILES PER HOUR BUT IS ALSO
SHOWING SIGNS OF DEVELOPING TO THE NORTH.  PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL ARAPAHOE COUNTY INCLUDING RESIDENTS OF THE TOWNS OF BENNETT..
STRASBURG AND BYERS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES SHOULD SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY.

HEAVY RAIN..HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE
STORM.

ANOTHER VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED IN WESTERN ELBERT COUNTY
NEAR THE TOWN OF ELIZABETH.  THIS STORM TOO IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT
AROUND 15 MILES PER HOUR AND IS HEADING TOWARD KIOWA.

THALER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 4:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan, Weld45 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.