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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 272
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 14, 2007, 2:57 PM MDT for 26 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2007, 2:57 PM MDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2007, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 26 counties
Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Bent County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Otero County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO, Yuma County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 5%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 5%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 50%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
18 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 3:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 38 min |
| May 14, 3:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 47 min |
| May 14, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Pueblo | 48 min |
| May 14, 5:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Larimer | 38 min |
| May 14, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 46 min |
| May 14, 5:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 42 min |
| May 14, 6:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 64 min |
| May 14, 6:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 52 min |
| May 14, 6:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 48 min |
| May 14, 7:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Jefferson | 60 min |
| May 14, 7:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan | 33 min |
| May 14, 7:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan | 29 min |
| May 14, 7:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 47 min |
| May 14, 8:19 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Washington | 41 min |
| May 14, 8:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 33 min |
| May 14, 8:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 58 min |
| May 14, 8:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 53 min |
| May 14, 9:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 64 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 14, 2:24 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 11 more | 96 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.