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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

July 10, 1992Weld County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1992, 4:13 PM MDT for Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 1992, 4:13 PM MDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 1992, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Weld County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-249 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1269 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 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 102215
SVRDEN
COC123-102245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
413 PM MDT FRI JUL 10 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
     SOUTH CENTRAL WELD

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     MILTON RESERVOIR AND ROGGEN

AT 413 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MILTON RESERVOIR ...
OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREELEY.

THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 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.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.  IF OUTDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES.  MOVE
INDOORS IF POSSIBLE.  WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND
DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.
TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE
THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO
UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED.

LAT...LON 4016 10432 4014 10466 4029 10465 4037 10431

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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, Jul 10, 11:52 AM MDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
COZ002-004-011-012-013-110000-

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1150 AM MDT FRI JUL 10 1992

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES

ADAMS          DENVER     JACKSON      LOGAN       SEDGWICK     YUMA
ARAPAHOE       DOUGLAS    JEFFERSON    MORGAN      SUMMIT
BOULDER        GILPIN     LARIMER      PARK        WASHINGTON
CLEAR CREEK    GRAND      LAKE         PHILLIPS    WELD

SOUTHEASTERLY SURFACE WINDS HAVE SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST
COLORADO THIS MORNING WITH INCREASING SURFACE DEWPOINTS EXPECTED THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON.  SKIES THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON WILL ALSO BE MOSTLY
SUNNY ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO WARM ENOUGH FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP.
IN ADDITION TO THE FAVORABLE SURFACE INGREDIENTS FOR THUNDERSTORMS...AN
UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM NEAR COLORADO AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
MOVING OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON WILL ALSO SUPPORT
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.  THE COMBINATION OF SURFACE AND UPPER
CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS.  A
LOWER FREEZING LEVEL WILL MAKE LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL
MOVE QUICKLY BECAUSE OF STRONG FLOW AT UPPER LEVELS SO THAT HEAVY RAINS
WILL BE OF SHORT DURATION.

WEATHER SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY BEGINNING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS BY 130 PM AND MOVING
INTO THE FRONT RANGE AFTER 2 PM.  CONVECTIVE ACTIVInTY WILL PROGRESS
EASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE NORTHEAST PLAINS THIS
EVENING.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 4:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Weld28 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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.