Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER COLORADO
325 PM MDT MON AUG 26 2002

SHORT TERM:  A GENERALLY STABLE UPPER AIR PATTERN IS GOING TO SET UP
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AFTERNOON AND NOCTURNAL SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.  AN UPR LVL RIDGE AXIS WILL BE
CENTERED OVR CO AND NM WHILE UPR TROFINESS REMAINS OVR THE PAC NW.
WHILE THE PATTERN STAYS IN PLACE...LOW LVL MSTR WL BE DRAWN OVR THE
PLAINS BY THE RESULTANT SFC TROF OVR THE MTNS.  AN UPR LEVEL JET
BETWEEN THE UPR TROF AND UPR RIDGE WILL ALSO BE IN PLACE TO HELP
ORGANIZE AFTN CONVECTION.  SPECIFIC HUMIDITY LEVELS WL BE ARND 6-8
G/KG FOR THE NEXT COUPLE AFTNS.  IN THE SHORT TERM...A STRONG
BOUNDARY FROM CONVECTION IN NEBRASKA IS MOVG INTO THE NERN PART OF
THE STATE THIS AFTN.  THIS BOUNDARY WL BE REINFORCED BY SHOWERS
WHICH WL DEVELOP ON THE PLAINS TONIGHT AND SHOULD MAKE IT TO THE
FOOTHILLS.  MOISTURE BEHIND THIS FRONT WL PRODUCE AREAS OF STRATUS
IN THE MORNING AND THEN COOL OFF TEMPS ON TUES.  AFTN HEATING AND
THE WIND SHEAR PROFILE WL ALLOW SHOWERS TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTN AND
EVENING.  MODELS SHOW MORE QPF ON TUES AFTN THAN FOR THIS AFTN.  THE
SAME SITUATION WILL BE IN PLACE FOR WED.  THRU THE EXTENDED
PERIOD...MSTR LVLS GRADUALLY DECREASE AT THE END OF THE WEEK.  IT IS
DIFFICULT TO REMOVE THE MENTION OF AFTN AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
BEFORE SATURDAY.  TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK SHOULD BE CLOSE
TO NORMALS FOR LATE AUGUST.  MAYBE THE RAIN WL ALSO HELP WITH THE
DROUGHT SITUATION.           KDRBY

.DEN...NONE.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
940 PM MDT MON AUG 26 2002

...PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT FOR AUGUST 26 2002...

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

0846 PM    3 N CROOK                 CO   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/26/02   LOGAN

0913 PM    10 N COPE                 CO   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/26/02   WASHINGTON

0915 PM    4 E HAXTUN                CO   NON TSTM WIND GUST
08/26/02   PHILLIPS                       60 MPH MEASURED BY
                                          SPOTTER

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1000 PM MDT MON AUG 26 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EXPIRES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ALLOWED THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES...
LINCOLN...PHILLIPS...WASHINGTON...SEDGWICK...LOGAN...MORGAN AND
NORTHEAST WELD TO EXPIRE AT 1000 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

AT 955 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL OCCURRING OVER THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF
COLORADO...BUT THESE STORMS WERE DECREASING IN STRENGTH AND AREAL
COVERAGE.

GARD...WFO BOULDER

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1145 PM MDT MON AUG 26 2002

...PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT FOR AUGUST 26 2002...

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

0846 PM    3 N CROOK                 CO   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/26/02   LOGAN

0913 PM    10 N COPE                 CO   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/26/02   WASHINGTON

0915 PM    4 E HAXTUN                CO   NON TSTM WIND GUST
08/26/02   PHILLIPS                       60 MPH MEASURED BY
                                          SPOTTER

1052 PM    NW FORT COLLINS           CO   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/26/02   LARIMER

1056 PM    1 W FORT COLLINS          CO   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/26/02   LARIMER

1059 PM    8 NNW CARR                CO   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/26/02   LARIMER                        ON STATE LINE

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