Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2005, 8:02 PM MDT for Arapahoe County, Colorado. It was in force for 43 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
- Jun 19, 2005, 8:02 PM MDT (02:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2005, 8:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Arapahoe County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 61 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 983 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS55 KBOU 200202 SVRBOU COC005-200245- /O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0113.050620T0202Z-050620T0245Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 802 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO * UNTIL 845 PM MDT * AT 759 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL ARAPAHOE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 27 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIMON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE WARNED COUNTY. 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 3972 10399 3957 10400 3957 10373 3972 10374 $$ RPK
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KBOU 200221 SVSBOU SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 821 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2005 COC005-200245- /O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-050620T0245Z/ ARAPAHOE CO- 821 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR EASTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY... AT 819 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL ARAPAHOE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIMON AND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE WARNED COUNTY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 3972 10399 3957 10400 3957 10373 3972 10374 $$ RPK
000 WWUS55 KBOU 200244 SVSBOU SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 844 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2005 COC005-200254- /O.EXP.KBOU.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-050620T0245Z/ ARAPAHOE CO- 845 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 845 PM MDT... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3972 10399 3957 10400 3957 10373 3972 10374 $$ RPK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 6:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 7:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 63 min |
| Jun 19, 8:05 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Elbert | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 9:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 46 min |
| Jun 20, 2:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 40 min |
| Jun 20, 3:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas | 43 min |
| Jun 20, 4:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas | 58 min |
| Jun 20, 4:07 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Douglas | 113 min |
| Jun 20, 4:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 4:19 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Douglas | 116 min |
| Jun 20, 4:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 40 min |
| Jun 20, 5:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 5:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas, Jefferson | 49 min |
| Jun 20, 5:53 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Douglas | 112 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.