Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1999, 7:28 PM MDT for Washington County, Colorado. It was in force for 47 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
- Jun 10, 1999, 7:28 PM MDT (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1999, 8:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Washington County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 7:40 PM MDT | Hail 1.5 | Anton, CO | Strong winds and large hail flattened crops, causing substantial damage. The areal extent of the damage occurred along a 5 mile stretch along U.S. Highway 36 and extended north and south of the highway for 2 miles. In addition to the crop damage, some windo |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 7:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What 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.
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 10, 2:00 PM MDT, 5 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 2:00 PM MDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER COLORADO 200 PM MDT THU JUN 10 1999 NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS NOW DEVELOPING IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES. SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY...SHEAR...AND LIFT WITH APPROACHING STORMS TO PRODUCE A FAIRLY WIDESPREAD PRECIP EVENT THIS EVENING. SHOWERS/STORMS SHOULD EVENTUALLY TAPER OFF AS ORGANIZED COMPLEX MOVES EAST IN MEAN FLOW. CAPES OF 1200-2000 J/KG AND ENOUGH SHEAR IN MID LEVELS FOR A FEW SEVERE CELLS. RISK OF TORNADOES IS LOW GIVEN POOR SHEAR PROFILE IN LOWER LEVELS ALTHOUGH CANT RULE OUT ONE OR TWO LANDSPOUTS ALONG SURFACE BOUNDARIES/ INTERACTIONS. AREAS OF FOG DEVELOPING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING WITH MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW. MODELS ALL INDICATE ANOTHER PUSH OF COOL AIR FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT. QUESTION FOR TOMORROW IS HOW STABLE WILL IT REMAIN GIVEN STRATUS AND PUSH OF COOL AIR. AS PER TODAY... HIGHEST POPS AND CHANCE OF SEVERE IN/NEAR FOOTHILLS WITH ANY CONVECTION HOLDING OFF UNTIL LATE FRI AFTN/NIGHT FOR THE NE CORNER. SHEAR IS WEAKER THOUGH SO WOULD NOT EXPECT AS MANY SEVERE CELLS. SIMILAR PATTERN THROUGH TUESDAY WITH UPPER RIDGE BUILDING OVERHEAD BUT LOTS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SO CHANCE OF SHOWERS/STORMS EACH DAY. TEMPS SLOWLY MODERATING THROUGH TUESDAY AS COOL SURFACE HIGH EAST OF THE ROCKIES SLOWLY WEAKENS. BARJENBRUCH .DEN...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:30 PM MDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:30 PM MDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
COZ030-032>050-110600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 330 PM MDT THU JUN 10 1999 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: THE AIRMASS HAS BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST COLORADO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A COUPLE SEVERE STORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED AND MOVED OFF THE FOOTHILLS. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE REST OF THE NORTHEAST PLAINS THIS EVENING. PRIMARILY...THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL UP TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER. BARJENBRUCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 6:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Washington | 30 min |
| Jun 10, 6:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 37 min |
| Jun 10, 6:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 1:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 1:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 1:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 25 min |
| Jun 11, 2:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 2:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 2:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 3:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999
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.