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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

August 8, 1994Weld County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1994, 4:47 PM MDT for Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 1994, 4:47 PM MDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 1994, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
28 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

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:37 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
COZ039-040-082240-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
340 PM MDT MON AUG 08 1994

AT 335 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHWEST GILPIN COUNTY TO SOUTH
CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY...OR 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DENVER.  THESE
STORMS HAVE SHOWN IN INCREASE IN INTENSITY DRING THE PAST 10 MINUTES.
MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS AS THEY PAST OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE DENVER METRO AREA
BETWEEN 345 AND 430 PM MDT.  SOME STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...
ALONG WITH FLOODING OF DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES.  DRIVERS SHOULD AVOID
THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.

BAKER
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:40 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
COZ039-040-043-082315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
440 PM MDT MON AUG 08 1994

AT 432 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EASTERN BOULDER COUNTY 5
MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF BOULDER...TO 8 MILES EAST OF DOWNTOWN
DENVER.  THIS LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH...AND
WILL MOVE THROUGH ERIE...FORT LUPTON AND BRIGHTON BY 510PM.

THE STORMS HAVE DROPPED SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
LOCAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH.  STREET FLOODING WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR
COMMUTERS.  ANYONE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE COVER IN A
SAFE BUILDING UNTIL STORMS PASS.

RTG
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:47 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
COZ039-040-043-082315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
440 PM MDT MON AUG 08 1994

AT 432 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EASTERN BOULDER COUNTY 5
MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF BOULDER...TO 8 MILES EAST OF DOWNTOWN
DENVER.  THIS LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH...AND
WILL MOVE THROUGH ERIE...FORT LUPTON AND BRIGHTON BY 510PM.

THE STORMS HAVE DROPPED SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
LOCAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH.  STREET FLOODING WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR
COMMUTERS.  ANYONE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE COVER IN A
SAFE BUILDING UNTIL STORMS PASS.

RTG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 7:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUPhillips32 min
Aug 8, 4:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Denver33 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.