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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

August 10, 1998Adams County, Weld County, Colorado

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 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 10472

The office that day

Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 6:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld37 min
Aug 11, 3:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan, Weld55 min
Aug 11, 4:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Morgan, Weld60 min
Aug 11, 4:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan, Weld40 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.