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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

July 14, 1993Jefferson County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1993, 5:34 PM MDT for Jefferson County, Colorado. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 14, 1993, 5:34 PM MDT (23:34 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 1993, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area: Whole counties

County Jefferson 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

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:19 PM MDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:21 PM MDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 14, 3:52 PM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 14, 3:55 PM MDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:01 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

COZ011-142300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
403 PM MDT WED JUL 14 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER DOUGLAS COUNTY...

AT 356 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTING OVER DOUGLAS COUNTY STRETCHING FROM NEAR
DECKERS AND WEST CREEK TO JUST SOUTH OF CASTLE ROCK INTO THE FRANKTOWN
AREA.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CASTLE ROCK AND 5 MILES WEST OF LARKSPUR.  THE STORMS WERE SLOWLY MOVING
EAST AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR.

HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN INDICATED BY RADAR WITH AMOUNTS IN THE CASTLE ROCK
AREA POSSIBLY EXCEEDING 1 INCH.  HAIL HAS ALSO ACCOMPANIED SOME OF THE
STRONGER STORMS.

BE PREPARED FOR WATER PONDING ON ROAD SURFACES AND SMALL CREEKS FILLING
RAPIDLY.  IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO
UNTIL 900 PM.

WOLF

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:03 PM MDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

COZ011-142300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
403 PM MDT WED JUL 14 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER DOUGLAS COUNTY...

AT 356 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTING OVER DOUGLAS COUNTY STRETCHING FROM NEAR
DECKERS AND WEST CREEK TO JUST SOUTH OF CASTLE ROCK INTO THE FRANKTOWN
AREA.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CASTLE ROCK AND 5 MILES WEST OF LARKSPUR.  THE STORMS WERE SLOWLY MOVING
EAST AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR.

HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN INDICATED BY RADAR WITH AMOUNTS IN THE CASTLE ROCK
AREA POSSIBLY EXCEEDING 1 INCH.  HAIL HAS ALSO ACCOMPANIED SOME OF THE
STRONGER STORMS.

BE PREPARED FOR WATER PONDING ON ROAD SURFACES AND SMALL CREEKS FILLING
RAPIDLY.  IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO
UNTIL 900 PM.

WOLF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 6:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe	43 min
Jul 14, 1:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Arapahoe, Denver, Jefferson	26 min
Jul 14, 2:25 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas	25 min
Jul 14, 5:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Clear Creek	26 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.