Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER COLORADO
200 AM MDT SAT JUL 22 2000

SVR TSTMS STILL ON THE SCOPE THIS AM...SO THIS WL BE BRIEF. 00Z MDLS
DID A POOR JOB INITIALIZING LWR LVL MOISTURE AS EVIDENCED BY THE
HIGH DPTS OVR ERN PLAINS.  IN FACT...METRO DPTS ARE STILL IN THE MID TO
UPR 50S AS ELY UPSLOPE FLO AT SFC CONTINUES UNABATED.  MEANWHILE
...ERN HALF OF FCST AREA IS IN RFQ OF H5 JET MAX WHICH AS BEEN
LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONVECTION LINGERING INTO THIS MRNG.
SPC HAS NERN PLAINS IN SLGT RISK FOR TDY...AND AM INCLINED TO AGREE
WITH THIS SINCE LTL HAS CHGD SINCE YDAY.  SHEAR THO MAY BE SLGTLY
LESS TDY SINCE LOWR LVL FLO WL BE SLGTLY WKR THIS AFTN...AND LRG HAIL
MAY BE PRIMARY THREAT FM SVR TSTMS TDY.  WL WORD PLAINS ZNS FOR SVR
THREAT THIS AFTN.

NOT HAD MUCH TIME TO LK BEYOND PD 1...BUT IT LKS AS IF THE STG NWLY
FLO WL EVENTUALLY MIX DOWN TWD SFC...SCOURING MUCH OF THE LOW LVL
MOISTURE OUT OF FCST AREA.  WL WORD FOR A DOWNWD TREND IN TSTMS FOR
SUN AND LV EXTENDED AS IS. 46

.DEN...NONE.

COZ038-050210330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
9 PM MDT THU JULY 20 2000

...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO EXPIRED...

THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO HAS EXPIRED AT 9 PM MDT.

ELBERT       LINCOLN         LOGAN            MORGAN
PHILLIPS     SEDGWICK        WASHINGTON       WELD

THE THUNDERSTORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AND
TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON HAVE MOVED OUT OF NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
AND THE AIRMASS IS BEGINNING TO STABLIZE.  THERE IS NO LONGER
A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN NORTHEAST COLORADO AND THE TORNADO
TORNADO WATCHES COVERING THESE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED.

GCF

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
955 PM MDT FRI JULY 21 2000

...PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT FOR JULY 21 2000...

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

602 PM     5 N RIVERSIDE RESERVOIR   CO   TORNADO
07/21/00   WELD/MORGAN                    FOR 15 MINUTES IN
                                          EAST CENTRAL WELD AND
                                          WESTERN MORGAN COUNTIES

622 PM     5 N ANTON                 CO   TORNADO
07/21/00   WASHINGTON

625 PM     1 NE WIGGINS              CO   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/21/00   MORGAN

642 PM     1 SE WIGGINS              CO   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/21/00   MORGAN

646 PM     2 SE WELDONA              CO   STRONG WINDS
07/21/00   MORGAN                         4-5 INCH BRANCHES BLOWN
                                          OFF TREES ALONG HWY 144

650 PM     5 N ANTON                 CO   2.75 INCH HAIL
07/21/00   WASHINGTON

717 PM     LINDON                    CO   0.88 INCH HAIL
07/21/00   WASHINGTON

728 PM     4 S OVID                  CO   0.88 INCH HAIL
07/21/00   WASHINGTON

730 PM     8 S ANTON                 CO   2.00 INCH HAIL
07/21/00   WASHINGTON

737 PM     4 N LAST CHANCE           CO   0.75 INCH HAIL
07/21/00   WASHINGTON

750 PM     ANTON                     CO   2.75 INCH HAIL
07/21/00   WASHINGTON

800 PM     3 S THURMAN               CO   0.75 INCH HAIL
07/21/00   LINCOLN

804 PM     9 S LAST CHANCE           CO   1.25 INCH HAIL
07/21/00   WASHINGTON

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