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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 13, 1992Morgan County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1992, 10:46 PM MDT for Morgan County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report 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 13, 1992, 10:46 PM MDT (04:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1992, 11:10 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Morgan County, CO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 11:02 PM MDTHail 0.75Morgan, 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 1992-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 1992-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
3070 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDEN 140447
SVRDEN
COC087-140530-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1046 PM MDT SAT JUN 13 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
     CENTRAL MORGAN

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     ADNA SCHOOL...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...LOG LANE VILLAGE...
     SNYDER AND TWELVE-MILE CORNER

AT 1045 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF ADNA SCHOOL ...OR
ABOUT 44 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STERLING.

A SPOTTER IN FT. MORGAN REPORTED 3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND INTENSE
RAIN...AT THE RATE OF AN INCH PER HOUR...AT 1044 PM.

THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY
SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAHST OFFICE IN DENVER.

MCQUEEN
LAT...LON 4004 10364 4004 10388 4028 10390 4042 10379
          4038 10354 4017 10360

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan, Weld35 min
Jun 13, 8:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan27 min
Jun 13, 8:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan29 min
Jun 13, 9:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan29 min
Jun 13, 11:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Washington43 min
Jun 14, 3:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUBoulder, Jefferson31 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.