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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

July 31, 1986Douglas County, Elbert County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 1986, 4:14 PM MDT for Douglas County, Elbert County, Colorado. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 31, 1986, 4:14 PM MDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 1986, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Douglas County, CO, Elbert 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, Jul 31, 2:43 PM MDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
240PM MDT THUR JUL 31 1986

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEASTERN COLORADO....

AT 230PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF STERLING COLORADO OR ABOUT
12 MILES EAST OF ARKON COLORADO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST
AT 5 MILES PER HOUR AND COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG
LIGHTNING AND SURBFACE WINDS. AT THE CURRENT SPEED...THE TOWNS OF YUMA
AND CLARKVILLE IN EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY COLORADO WILL BE AFFECTED IN
THE NEXT HOUR.

HECKMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 3:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUYuma66 min
Jul 31, 4:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUEl Paso60 min
Jul 31, 4:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUYuma58 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.