Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1998, 6:16 PM MDT for Adams County, Morgan County, Colorado. It was in force for 29 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
- Jul 15, 1998, 6:16 PM MDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1998, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Adams County, CO, Morgan County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 6:45 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Orchard, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 6:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 29 min |
| Jul 15, 6:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Washington | 28 min |
| Jul 15, 6:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 7:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 8:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln, Washington | 35 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.