Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 1998, 4:30 PM MDT for Logan County, Morgan County, Washington County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 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
- May 22, 1998, 4:30 PM MDT (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1998, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Washington County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 1:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 56 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 747 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
808
WUUS1 KDEN 222231 RRA
SVRDEN
COC075-087-121-222300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
430 PM MDT FRI MAY 22 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
NORTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
* UNTIL 500 PM MDT
* AT 425 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HILLROSE...OR ABOUT 16
MILES NORTHWEST OF AKRON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...HILLROSE...MERINO...MIDWAY...
PREWITT RESERVOIR AND SNYDER
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING WHICH EXPIRED AT 430 PM.
HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE OR ONE AND THREE-QUARTERS INCH IN
DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH
OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4034 10370 4016 10347 4033 10307 4054 10330
DANKERSWhat 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, May 22, 11:24 AM MDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
COZ036-039-040-221745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1124 AM MDT FRI MAY 22 1998 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 1108 AM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF BERGEN PARK...OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF DENVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL. THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED HAIL UP TO 5 INCHES DEEP ON INTERSTATE 70 NEAR FLOYD HILL. PERSONS IN OR NEAR ARVADA...EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN BROOMFIELD... GOLDEN...NORTHWESTERN LAKEWOOD...CENTRAL WESTMINSTER...WESTERN WHEAT RIDGE...BERGEN PARK...ELDORADO SPRINGS...EVERGREEN...KITTREDGE... ROCKY FLATS AND WHITE RANCH OPEN SPACE SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF BAD WEATHER APPROACHES. RJK
Special weather statement, May 22, 11:29 AM MDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
COZ030-032>050-230600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER COLORADO 1129 AM MDT FRI MAY 22 1998 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: A FAIRLY MOIST...UNSTABLE...AIRMASS IS NOW IN PLACE OVER THE FORECAST AREA. AT THE SURFACE...DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO WILL ALLOW AN EASTERLY COMPONENT TO THE WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW TO AREAS EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE...STRONG SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FLOW...A STORM SYSTEM CENTERED JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF COLORADO...AND COOLER AIR ALOFT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENT TO THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY DEVELOPING OVER THE FOOTHILLS... PALMER...AND CHEYENNE RIDGES LATE THIS MORNING. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE SHOULD BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER MOST OF THE PLAINS AND THE FOOTHILLS OF THE FORECAST AREA. SOME POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS IN MOST AREAS OF THE FLATLANDS...WITH TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINS THE THREATS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED BY 12:30 PM. RJK
Local storm report, May 22, 2:15 PM MDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
215 PM MDT FRI MAY 22 1998
...PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT FOR MAY 22 1998...
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1237 PM BROOMFIELD CO 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/22/98 ADAMS
1240 PM BROOMFIELD CO 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/22/98 ADAMS HAIL COVERS GROUND
0107 PM BRIGHTON CO 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/22/98 ADAMS
0142 PM HUDSON CO 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/22/98 WELD
0230 PM FT LUPTON CO LIGHTNING DAMAGE
05/22/98 CAUSED HOUSE FIRE
0240 PM 15 N STONEHAM CO .88 INCH HAIL
05/22/98 WELD
HERRALDLocal storm report, May 22, 3:14 PM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
215 PM MDT FRI MAY 22 1998
...PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT FOR MAY 22 1998...
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1237 PM BROOMFIELD CO 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/22/98 ADAMS
1240 PM BROOMFIELD CO 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/22/98 ADAMS HAIL COVERS GROUND
0107 PM BRIGHTON CO 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/22/98 ADAMS
0142 PM HUDSON CO 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/22/98 WELD
0230 PM FT LUPTON CO LIGHTNING DAMAGE
05/22/98 CAUSED HOUSE FIRE
0240 PM 15 N STONEHAM CO .88 INCH HAIL
05/22/98 WELD
HERRALDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 6:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 22 min |
| May 21, 6:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 45 min |
| May 21, 7:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 33 min |
| May 21, 8:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 39 min |
| May 21, 8:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Phillips | 35 min |
| May 21, 10:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 34 min |
| May 22, 11:56 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Jefferson | 34 min |
| May 22, 12:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Jefferson, Weld | 46 min |
| May 22, 12:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams | 46 min |
| May 22, 1:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 30 min |
| May 22, 1:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Larimer, Weld | 25 min |
| May 22, 1:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 45 min |
| May 22, 1:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 40 min |
| May 22, 1:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 34 min |
| May 22, 2:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver | 39 min |
| May 22, 2:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 45 min |
| May 22, 2:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 24 min |
| May 22, 2:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 45 min |
| May 22, 2:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 32 min |
| May 22, 3:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 40 min |
| May 22, 3:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 24 min |
| May 22, 3:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington | 35 min |
| May 22, 4:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams | 34 min |
| May 22, 4:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 50 min |
| May 22, 4:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Washington | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.