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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1996, 6:21 PM MDT for Weld 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
- May 29, 1996, 6:21 PM MDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1996, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Weld County, CO
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 75 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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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
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Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 29, 6:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Larimer | 30 min |
| May 29, 7:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Larimer, Weld | 30 min |
| May 30, 3:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Weld | 51 min |
| May 30, 4:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 36 min |
| May 30, 4:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 24 min |
| May 30, 4:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 35 min |
| May 30, 4:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 54 min |
| May 30, 4:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Weld | 38 min |
| May 30, 5:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 34 min |
| May 30, 5:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 30 min |
| May 30, 5:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 34 min |
| May 30, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 62 min |
| May 30, 5:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips | 44 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.