Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Issued

Jul 25, 1996, 6:23 PM MDT (00:23 UTC)

Expired

Jul 25, 1996, 7:00 PM MDT

In force

37 min

Issued by

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Area

Whole counties

County Washington County, CO

The Denver radar (KFTG), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KDEN 260023
SVRDEN
COC075-095-115-121-260100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
623 PM MDT THU JUL 25 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
     NORTHERN WASHINGTON...EASTERN LOGAN...PHILLIPS AND SEDGWICK

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     SOUTHEASTERN STERLING...AMHERST...BURDETT...CROOK...FAIRFIELD...
     FLEMING...HAXTUN...HIGHLAND CENTER...HOLYOKE...ILIFF...LONE
     STAR...MARKS BUTTE...OTIS...PAOLI...PLEASANT VALLEY...PROCTOR...
     SIXTEEN-MILE CORNER...ST PETERS AND WAGES

AT 620 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES EAST OF HAXTUN...OR ABOUT 33 MILES EAST 
OF STERLING.

AT 605 PM MDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED HAIL JUST UNDER GOLF BALL SIZE
2 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF SEDGWICK IN SEDGWICK COUNTY.

THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER
AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60
MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN DENVER.

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES U.NTIL 9PM FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO.

HOLZINGER

LAT...LON 4049 10214 4046 10283 4003 10284 4027 10339
      4083 10307 4096 10210

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In the hours before

COZ036-252230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
343 PM MDT THU JUL 25 1996

...THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST PARK AND SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

AT 340 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS 3 MILES EAST OF PINE...OR ABOUT 27 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DENVER.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT
15 MILES PER HOUR.

THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS
SMALL HAIL.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1/2 INCH IN AN HOUR'S TIME
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.  LOCALIZED FLOODING IS A POSSIBILITY
WITH THESE STORMS.

THE AREAS MOST VULNERABLE TO FLOODING IS THE BURNED OUT AREAS AROUND
BUFFALO CREEK.

PERSONS IN OR NEAR BUFFALO CREEK...BAILEY AND PINE SHOULD BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR THESE STORMS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING
OCCURS.  NEVER DRIVE...OR WALK...THROUGN FLOODED AREAS.

LESZCYNSKI

COZ041-046-252230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
355 PM MDT THU JUL 25 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN ELBERT COUNTY...

AT 352 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHCENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY...OR ABOUT 26 MILES
WEST OF LIMON.

THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.

BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY IF BAD WEAT&HER APPROACHES.

DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS
WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL
9PM THIS EVENING.

HOLZINGER

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

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