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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

July 20, 1996Elbert County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 1996, 8:21 PM MDT for Elbert County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 20, 1996, 8:21 PM MDT (02:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 1996, 8:45 PM MDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area: Whole counties

County Elbert County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 20, 6:50 PM MDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 20, 7:19 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Lincoln	26 min
Jul 20, 7:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert, Lincoln	28 min
Jul 20, 7:57 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Elbert	33 min
Jul 20, 8:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1996 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.