Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 21, 1991Adams County, Denver County, Jefferson County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1991, 8:50 PM MDT for Adams County, Denver County, Jefferson County, Colorado. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 1991, 8:50 PM MDT (02:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1991, 9:30 PM MDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Adams County, CO, Denver County, CO, Jefferson County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 1991-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1991-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2328 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 21, 4:26 PM MDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
COZ011-012-212300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
425 PM MDT FRI JUN 21 1991

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST BOULDER...SOUTHEAST LARIMER AND
NORTHWEST WELD COUNTIES...

AT 421 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THREE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE FRONT RANGE NORTH OF DENVER.  THE STRONGEST
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF NUNN IN WELD.  THE SECOND
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF FORT COLLINS IN LARIMER
COUNTY.  THE THIRD STORM WAS 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LONGMONT IN NORTHEAST
BOULDER COUNTY.  ALL THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
MILES AN HOUR.

HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS AND LOW-LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS LIKELY
WITH THESE STORMS.  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL
THIS AREA UNTIL 800 PM MDT.  ALSO...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
BOULDER AND LARIMER COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM MDT.  STAY TUNED TO THIS
STATIONS AS FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

WOLF
Local storm report, Jun 21, 7:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
715 PM MDT FRI JUN 21 1991

ADDITIONAL STORM REPORT FOR THURSDAY JUNE 20 1991

TIME (MDT)  COUNTY/LOCATION            EVENT

1448        LARIMER/BELLVUE            MARBLE SIZE HAIL FROM SPOTTER

1455        LARIMER/LOVELAND           MESONET WIND GUST TO 50KTS

1645        ADAMS/BRIGHTON             MESONET WIND GUST TO 40KTS

2055        ADAMS/BENNETT              PUBLIC REPORT POSSIBLE FUNNEL
                                       EAST OF BENNETT, UNCONFIRMED

2006        ADAMS/5NE BENNETT          PEA SIZE HAIL FROM SPOTTER

2018        PHILLIPS/20SW HOLYOKE      MARBLE SIZE HAIL FROM SPOTTER

2042        YUMA/WAUNITA               3/4" HAIL FROM SPOTTER

2224        YUMA/YUMA                  PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN
                                       FROM STERLING PATROL

SIMMONS
Local storm report, Jun 21, 7:16 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
716 PM MDT FRI JUN 21 1991

ADDITIONAL STORM REPORT FOR THURSDAY JUNE 20 1991

TIME (MDT)  COUNTY/LOCATION            EVENT

2224        YUMA/YUMA                  PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN
                                       FROM STERLING PATROL

2329        SEDGWICK/SEDGEWICK         PEA SIZE HAIL AND STREET FLOODING
                                       BY SHERIFF

SIMMONS
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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 8:15 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
COZ011-012-013-014-220230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
815 PM MDT FRI JUN 21 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO EXPIRED AT 800 PM
MDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH HAS BEEN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
THE NORTHERN FRONT RANGE AND NORTHEAST COLORADO HAS EXPIRED.

WOLF
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 8:40 PM MDT, 10 minutes before
COZ011-012-220330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
840 PM MDT FRI JUN 21 1991

...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...

AT 830PM PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN AND
WAS SPREADING INTO GOLDEN IN JEFFERSON COUNTY...15 MILES WEST OF DENVER.
A THUNDERSTORM IN THE AREA WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH AND SHOULD CROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE DENVER METRO DISTRICT
BY 930PM.

ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN ADAMS COUNTY...ABOUT
20 MILES NORTHEAST OF DENVER.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD REACH KEENSBURG IN WELD COUNTY BY 930PM.

A THIRD THUNDERSTORM WAS IN SOUTHERN WELD COUNTY BETWEEN PLATTEVILLE
AND KEENSBURG...OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF DENVER...AND WAS ALSO
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  A FEW OTHER THUNDERSTORMS
WERE DEVELOPING JUST NORTHWEST OF THIS STORM NEAR MILLIKEN AND SHOULD
REACH GREELEY BY 930PM.

ANY OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS
AND LIGHTNING.  IF THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN YOUR AREA...MOVE INDOORS TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY.

HOLZINGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 6:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUJefferson21 min
Jun 21, 9:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Denver25 min
Jun 21, 10:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUDenver, Jefferson29 min
Jun 21, 11:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUDenver26 min
Jun 21, 11:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe28 min
Jun 22, 1:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULarimer, Weld33 min
Jun 22, 2:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUBoulder, Weld34 min
Jun 22, 2:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams34 min
Jun 22, 2:36 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULarimer, Weld39 min
Jun 22, 2:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld30 min
Jun 22, 3:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld45 min
Jun 22, 3:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan, Weld40 min
Jun 22, 4:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan, Weld44 min
Jun 22, 5:15 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUMorgan, Weld30 min
Jun 22, 5:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan, Morgan, Weld43 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.