Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

September 20, 1998Logan County, Morgan County, Weld County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 20, 1998, 9:01 PM MDT for Logan County, Morgan County, Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 44 min. 2 reports 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
Sep 20, 1998, 9:01 PM MDT (03:01 UTC)
Expired
Sep 20, 1998, 9:45 PM MDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Weld County, CO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 20, 9:01 PM MDTHail 0.75New Raymer, CO
Sep 20, 9:19 PM MDTHail 0.75Ft Morgan, COA tornado touched down in an open field. No damage was reported. In addition to the tornado however, severe thunderstorms produced heavy rain and large hail. Hail was reportedly piled up 12 to 18 inches deep in spots. As a result, several county roads in

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 20, 7:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld44 min
Sep 20, 8:27 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUMorgan, Weld33 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.