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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

May 24, 2003Arapahoe County, Douglas County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2003, 6:52 PM MDT for Arapahoe County, Douglas County, Colorado. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2003, 6:52 PM MDT (00:52 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2003, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Arapahoe County, CO, Douglas County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 138 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2003-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 861 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2003-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
861 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS55 KBOU 250052
SVRBOU
COC005-035-250145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
652 PM MDT SAT MAY 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
  NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 745 PM MDT

* AT 652 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL CENTENNIAL...OR ABOUT 12 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF DENVER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
SOUTHWESTERN AURORA...CENTENNIAL...ARAPAHOE PARK...BUCKLEY AFB...
GREENWOOD VILLAGE AND PARKER.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY
FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3961 10494 3942 10476 3960 10465 3974 10472

ENTREKIN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan, Weld63 min
May 24, 7:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUDouglas59 min
May 24, 7:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUDouglas57 min
May 24, 8:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUDouglas52 min
May 24, 8:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld65 min
May 24, 9:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Weld60 min
May 25, 5:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUClear Creek, Gilpin, Jefferson40 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.