Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1996, 4:35 PM MDT for Elbert County, Colorado. It was in force for 40 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
- Jun 17, 1996, 4:35 PM MDT (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1996, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 40 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 22:36 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, Jun 17, 10:53 AM MDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 17, 12:44 PM MDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
COZ030-032>050-171930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1245 PM MDT MON JUN 17 1996 ...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN JACKSON AND LARIMER COUNTIES... AT 1235 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM IN JACKSON AND LARIMER COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF MASONVILLE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT COLLINS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AND GRADUALLY SPREAD INTO THE URBAN CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. DEADLY LIGHTNING....SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS. SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER IF A STORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA. FMC
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:01 PM MDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
COZ030-032>050-172045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 200 PM MDT MON JUN 17 1996 ...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE DEVELOPING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON... AT 200 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...FROM LARIMER AND JACKSON COUNTIES SOUTH TO PARK COUNTY. AT 1:45 PM...ESTES PARK REGISTERED PEAK WIND GUST TO 33 MPH FROM A THUNDERSTORM IN THE AREA. THE STRONGEST STORMS HOWEVER WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN WYOMING...NORTH OF CHEYENNE. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AND GRADUALLY SPREAD INTO THE URBAN CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. DEADLY LIGHTNING....SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ONCE THEY DEVELOP. SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER IF A STORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA. FMC
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:54 PM MDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
COZ030-032>050-180600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 250 PM MDT MON JUN 17 1996 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES ADAMS ARAPAHOE BOULDER CLEAR CREEK DENVER DOUGLAS ELBERT GILPIN GRAND JACKSON JEFFERSON LARIMER LINCOLN LOGAN MORGAN PARK PHILLIPS SEDGWICK SUMMIT WASHINGTON WELD SYNOPSIS: AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO NORTHERN COLORADO AND SOUTHERN WYOMING HAS TRIGGERED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COLORADO/WYOMING BORDER. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HOWEVER WAS LOCATED NORTHEAST OF CHEYENNE WYOMING. THE AIRMASS OVER COLORADO REMAINED MOIST AND UNSTABLE. DUE TO THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING...THE POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO EXISTS. IN ADDITION...A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH REMAINED ANCHORED ALONG THE FRONT RANGE AND PALMER DIVIDE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. THESE FEATURES WILL ACT AS FOCUSING MECHANISMS FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS... FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW STORMS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED ALONG AND EAST OF THE URBAN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR ...FROM FORT COLLINS NORTH TO THE WYOMING BORDER...BUT HAD WEAKENED. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE STORMS WILL STAY BELOW WARNING CRITERIA...A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. DEADLY LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS... SO SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON WILL DEVELOP WEST OF A LINE FROM STERLING TO AKRON TO LIMON. HOWEVER...SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY DEVELOP EAST OF THIS LINE AFTER 4 PM. SPOTTER ACT|IVATION MAY STILL BE NECESSARY FOR THE URBAN CORRIDOR AFTER 4 PM. FMC
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 4:33 PM MDT, 2 minutes before
COZ030-032>050-180600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 430 PM MDT MON JUN 17 1996 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES ADAMS ARAPAHOE BOULDER CLEAR CREEK DENVER DOUGLAS ELBERT GILPIN GRAND JACKSON JEFFERSON LARIMER LINCOLN LOGAN MORGAN PARK PHILLIPS SEDGWICK SUMMIT WASHINGTON WELD SYNOPSIS: AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO NORTHERN COLORADO AND SOUTHERN WYOMING HAS TRIGGERED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COLORADO/WYOMING BORDER. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HOWEVER WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING AND IN SOUTHERN ELBERT COUNTY. THE AIRMASS OVER COLORADO REMAINED MOIST AND UNSTABLE...BUT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO DEVELOP ALONG THE URBAN CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. DUE TO THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING...THE POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO STILL EXISTS. THE BEST LOW LEVEL MOISTURE EXTENDS FROM NEAR HEREFORD IN NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY TO AKRON TO LIMON. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE ALONG AND EAST OF THIS LINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES GENERATED FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING OR IN SOUTHERN ELBERT COUNTY WILL HELP TO SPAWN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE STORMS WILL STAY BELOW WARNING CRITERIA...A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. DEADLY LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO FOR MORGAN AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES AFTER 5 PM...HOWEVER SPOTTER ACTIVATION ALONG THE URBAN CORRIDOR IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED. FMC
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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.