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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

July 23, 1993Weld County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1993, 5:56 PM MDT for Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 1993, 5:56 PM MDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 1993, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Weld County, CO

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

Local storm report, Jul 23, 12:37 PM MDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
STORM REPORT...UPDATED TO ADD 1930 REPORT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1235 PM FRI JULY 23 1993

...ALL REPORTS VALID FOR THURSDAY JULY 22 1993...

TIME         COUNTY/LOCATION                         EVENT

1730-1800    ADAMS/4 MILES NORTH OF         OCCASIONAL MARBLE TO WALNUT
             SHAMROCK                       SIZE HAIL RESULTED IN
                                            CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO WHEAT
                                            CROP

1740-1755    MORGAN/16 TO 20 MILES          WALNUT TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
             SOUTH OF FORT MORGAN           RESULTED IN CROP DAMAGE

1800         WASHINGTON/WOODROW             HAIL A LITTLE LARGER THAN
                                            DIME SIZE

1840         WASHINGTON/3 MILES EAST        HAIL A LITTLE SMALLER THAN
             OF WOODROW                     GOLFBALL

1930         WASHINGTON/10 MILES            GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
             SOUTH OF AKRON

HEITKAMP
Local storm report, Jul 23, 12:37 PM MDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
STORM REPORT...UPDATED TO ADD 1930 REPORT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1235 PM FRI JULY 23 1993

...ALL REPORTS VALID FOR THURSDAY JULY 22 1993...

TIME         COUNTY/LOCATION                         EVENT

1730-1800    ADAMS/4 MILES NORTH OF         OCCASIONAL MARBLE TO WALNUT
             SHAMROCK                       SIZE HAIL RESULTED IN
                                            CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO WHEAT
                                            CROP

1740-1755    MORGAN/16 TO 20 MILES          WALNUT TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
             SOUTH OF FORT MORGAN           RESULTED IN CROP DAMAGE

1800         WASHINGTON/WOODROW             HAIL A LITTLE LARGER THAN
                                            DIME SIZE

1840         WASHINGTON/3 MILES EAST        HAIL A LITTLE SMALLER THAN
             OF WOODROW                     GOLFBALL

1930         WASHINGTON/10 MILES            GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
             SOUTH OF AKRON

HEITKAMP
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:38 PM MDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
COZ011-012-232215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
340 PM MDT FRI JUL 23 1993

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY...

AT 330 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT
5 MILES NORTH OF THE TOWN OF STRASBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN...INTENSE LIGHTNING WILL BE LIKELY AND STRONG WINDS OR HAIL
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM THROUGH 415 PM AS IT MOVES ALONG OR
JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN STRASBURG AND HOYT.

IF YOU ARE IN THIS AREA...BE READY TO TAKE COVER.  TUNE INTO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

DULONG
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:40 PM MDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
COZ011-012-232215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
340 PM MDT FRI JUL 23 1993

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY...

AT 330 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT
5 MILES NORTH OF THE TOWN OF STRASBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN...INTENSE LIGHTNING WILL BE LIKELY AND STRONG WINDS OR HAIL
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM THROUGH 415 PM AS IT MOVES ALONG OR
JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN STRASBURG AND HOYT.

IF YOU ARE IN THIS AREA...BE READY TO TAKE COVER.  TUNE INTO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

DULONG
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
COZALL-240400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
400 PM MDT FRI JUL 23 1993

...SNOW NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY...

A STRONG SUMMER STORM WILL SPREAD WIND...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.  AS FREEZING LEVELS
LOWER RAIN WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO SNOW ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET OVER THE
NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY.  SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.  GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST
WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL PRODUCE VERY COLD WIND
CHILL TEMPERATURES OF ZERO TO 10 ABOVE ZERO.

ALL PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN OR PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES INCLUDING
HIKING...CAMPING AND MOUNTAIN CLIMBING OVER THE NORTHERN COLORADO
MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...LATE TONIGHT AND
EARLY SATURDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR UNUSUALLY COLD WEATHER AND LIGHT
SNOW AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET.  WARM CLOTHING WILL BE NEEDED
FOR ALL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.

THE LIGHT SNOW SHOULD MELT ON WARM HIGHWAY SURFACES AND NOT POSE A
HAZARD TO TRAVEL ON THE MAJOR MOUNTAIN PASSES WEST AND NORTHWEST
OF DENVER.

GARD...WSFO DENVER
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 4:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
COZALL-240400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
400 PM MDT FRI JUL 23 1993

...SNOW NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY...

A STRONG SUMMER STORM WILL SPREAD WIND...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.  AS FREEZING LEVELS
LOWER RAIN WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO SNOW ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET OVER THE
NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY.  SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.  GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST
WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL PRODUCE VERY COLD WIND
CHILL TEMPERATURES OF ZERO TO 10 ABOVE ZERO.

ALL PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN OR PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES INCLUDING
HIKING...CAMPING AND MOUNTAIN CLIMBING OVER THE NORTHERN COLORADO
MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...LATE TONIGHT AND
EARLY SATURDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR UNUSUALLY COLD WEATHER AND LIGHT
SNOW AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET.  WARM CLOTHING WILL BE NEEDED
FOR ALL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.

THE LIGHT SNOW SHOULD MELT ON WARM HIGHWAY SURFACES AND NOT POSE A
HAZARD TO TRAVEL ON THE MAJOR MOUNTAIN PASSES WEST AND NORTHWEST
OF DENVER.

GARD...WSFO DENVER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 6:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan, Washington30 min
Jul 22, 7:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWashington32 min
Jul 22, 9:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan, Morgan, Weld35 min
Jul 23, 5:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld32 min
Jul 23, 5:25 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWeld35 min
Jul 23, 5:48 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUMorgan, Washington42 min

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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.