Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1996, 6:30 PM MDT for Boulder County, Larimer 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
- May 29, 1996, 6:30 PM MDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1996, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Boulder County, CO, Larimer County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:34 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 6:35 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Lyons, 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, May 29, 12:56 PM MDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 6:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 24 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 |
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.