Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 181
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 10, 2004, 7:30 PM MDT for 12 counties in Colorado; Banner County, Kimball County, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska; 6 counties in Wyoming. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2004, 7:30 PM MDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2004, 12:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 21 counties
Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO, Banner County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Albany County, WY, Converse County, WY, Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Niobrara County, WY, Platte County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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.
Warnings issued inside it
6 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 7:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 60 min |
| May 10, 8:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Washington | 58 min |
| May 10, 8:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Niobrara | 57 min |
| May 10, 9:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Washington | 46 min |
| May 10, 9:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Niobrara | 60 min |
| May 10, 9:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 53 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 7:06 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan and 6 more | 114 min |
| May 10, 9:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Sedgwick | 4 hr |
| May 11, 1:00 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baca, Prowers | 2 hr |
| May 11, 1:40 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baca, Prowers | 6 hr |
| May 10, 9:19 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Banner, Scotts Bluff, Sioux | 116 min |
| May 11, 12:27 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arthur, Brown, Cherry, Grant, Hooker, Keya Paha and 3 more | 63 min |
| May 11, 12:32 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherry, Dawes, Sheridan | 118 min |
| May 11, 12:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arthur, Cherry, Garden, Grant, Hooker, Keith and 4 more | 5 hr |
| May 11, 4:04 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherry, Grant, Hooker, Keya Paha | 116 min |
| May 11, 4:20 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Frontier, Hayes, Hitchcock, Lincoln, Red Willow | 115 min |
| May 11, 5:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Antelope, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Holt, Keya Paha and 5 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Colorado, 2004Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Wyoming, 2004Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Nebraska, 2004Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2004
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.