Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 272, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

August 29, 1996Adams County, Morgan County, Weld County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 1996, 5:10 PM MDT for Adams County, Morgan County, Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 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
Aug 29, 1996, 5:10 PM MDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 1996, 5:40 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Adams County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Weld County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 29, 5:15 PM MDTHail 1.75Nunn, 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 6:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWashington31 min
Aug 29, 3:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert45 min
Aug 29, 4:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld60 min
Aug 29, 4:25 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUMorgan, Weld35 min
Aug 29, 4:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert42 min
Aug 29, 5:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld52 min
Aug 29, 5:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan58 min
Aug 29, 5:48 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOUWeld118 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1996Every 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.