Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 1998, 6:15 PM MDT for Adams County, Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 10, 1998, 6:15 PM MDT (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 1998, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Adams County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
896
WUUS1 KDEN 110016 RRA
SVRDEN
COC001-123-110100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
615 PM MDT MON AUG 10 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
SOUTH CENTRAL WELD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
* UNTIL 700 PM MDT
* AT 614 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES EAST OF BARR LAKE...OR ABOUT 19 MILES
NORTHEAST OF DENVER...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MILES PER HOUR.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BARR LAKE...HUDSON...KEENESBURG
AND LOCHBUIE
TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR AND HAIL UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO
RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3993 10479 3992 10462 4013 10450 4015 10472The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 6:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 3:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 55 min |
| Aug 11, 4:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan, Weld | 60 min |
| Aug 11, 4:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Weld | 40 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
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.