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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

July 13, 1996Adams County, Denver County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1996, 4:30 PM MDT for Adams County, Denver County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 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: Jul 13, 1996, 4:30 PM MDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 1996, 5:15 PM MDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area: Whole counties

Counties Adams County, CO, Denver County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 13, 4:46 PM MDT	Hail 1.5	Brighton, 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.

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 13, 11:25 AM MDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 1:34 PM MDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 2:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

COZ035-038-042>044-132130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
235 PM MDT SAT JUL 13 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTH AND EAST OF FORT COLLINS...

AT 230 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN LARIMER AND NORTHERN
WELD COUNTIES.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST
OF NATURAL FORT REST AREA ... OR ABOUT 29 MILES NORTH OF FORT COLLINS.
THE STORMS WERE  MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING AREAS OF EASTERN LARIMER...NORTHERN WELD AND NORTHWESTERN
MORGAN COUNTIES OF COLORADO
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     AULT...BARNESVILLE...BELLVUE...BRIGGSDALE...CARR...DRAKE...
     EATON...EVANS...FORT COLLINS...GALETON...GARDEN CITY...GILL
     ...GOODRICH...GREELEY...GROVER...HARMONY...HEREFORD...
     JACKSON RESERVOIR...KEOTA...KERSEY...LA SALLE...LIVERMORE
     ...LOVELAND...LUCERNE...MASONVILLE...NATURAL FORT REST AREA
     ...NUNN...ORCHARD...PIERCE...PURCELL...RIVERSIDE RESERVOIR
     ...ROCKPORT...SEVERANCE...TEDS PLACE...TIMNATH...WELDONA...
     WELLINGTON...WIGGINS AND WINDSOR
ALL PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS UNTIL 330 PM MDT.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES.  AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS
AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.  WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND
RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF
THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAZL AND EASTERN
COLORADO UNTIL 900PM MDT.

ARD...WSFO DENVER
LAT...LON 4017 10396 4041 10534 4100 10518 4098 10379

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 6:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Washington	40 min
Jul 12, 7:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Douglas, Jefferson	43 min
Jul 12, 7:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Arapahoe, Elbert	50 min
Jul 12, 7:26 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Washington	34 min
Jul 12, 7:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Douglas, Elbert	40 min
Jul 12, 7:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Arapahoe, Denver	21 min
Jul 12, 7:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Douglas	21 min
Jul 12, 8:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Boulder, Weld	47 min
Jul 12, 8:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Arapahoe, Douglas	40 min
Jul 12, 8:50 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Adams, Denver, Jefferson	25 min
Jul 12, 8:50 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Boulder	25 min
Jul 12, 9:05 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Weld	25 min
Jul 12, 9:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Jefferson	44 min
Jul 12, 9:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Douglas	41 min
Jul 12, 9:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Weld	31 min
Jul 12, 10:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Douglas, Elbert	44 min
Jul 12, 10:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Weld	24 min
Jul 12, 10:13 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOU	Jefferson, Park	4 hr
Jul 13, 2:30 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOU	Jefferson	3 hr
Jul 13, 2:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Larimer, Weld	35 min
Jul 13, 3:12 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Weld	33 min
Jul 13, 3:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Larimer, Weld	35 min
Jul 13, 3:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert, Lincoln	40 min
Jul 13, 4:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Washington	35 min
Jul 13, 4:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	35 min
Jul 13, 4:11 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Morgan, Washington	34 min
Jul 13, 4:24 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Elbert, Lincoln	21 min
Jul 13, 4:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Weld	45 min
Jul 13, 4:50 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Washington	25 min
Jul 13, 5:00 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe	30 min
Jul 13, 5:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert	45 min
Jul 13, 5:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Washington	6 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.