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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 14, 1990Morgan County, Weld County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1990, 6:05 PM MDT for Morgan County, Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 min. 2 reports 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 14, 1990, 6:05 PM MDT (00:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1990, 6:50 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Morgan County, CO, Weld 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 6:20 PM MDTHail 1.25Morgan, CO
Jun 14, 6:48 PM MDTHail 1.75Morgan, 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 95 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1990-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 962 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1990-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
962 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2454 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
409 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDEN 150012
SVRDEN
COC087-123-150050-

BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
605 PM MDT THU JUN 14 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 650 PM  MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST COLORADO:

     NORTHWESTERN MORGAN
     EAST CENTRAL WELD

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING TOWNS/CITIES:

     GOODRICH..NEW RAYMER..ORCHARD..STONEHAM..WELDONA..WIGGINS
     AND FORT MORGAN

AT 6PM ONE STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF ORCHARD..WHICH IS 20
MILES EAST OF GREELEY.  OTHER STORMS STRETCHED TO THE SOUTHEAST INTO 
WESTERN MORGAN COUNTY.  STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  
THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED SHORTLY BEFORE 6PM ALONG  EXIT 57
OF INTERSTATE 76 WEST OF WIGGINS.  

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.

RTG

LAT..LON  4015 10391 4032 10433 4073 10425 4073 10355

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 6:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan, Weld45 min
Jun 14, 8:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWashington40 min
Jun 14, 8:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWashington, Yuma40 min
Jun 15, 4:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan40 min
Jun 15, 5:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUSedgwick20 min
Jun 15, 5:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.