Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2008, 9:43 PM MDT for Elbert County, Colorado. It was in force for 28 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, 2008, 9:43 PM MDT (03:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2008, 10:11 PM MDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Elbert County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 6:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 27 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 361 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2794 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS55 KBOU 200343 SVRBOU COC039-200430- /O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0059.080620T0343Z-080620T0430Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 943 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO * UNTIL 1030 PM MDT * AT 943 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES WEST OF SIMLA...OR 28 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 16 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SIMLA. HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES HAS BEEN REPORTED 6 MILES NORTH OF PEYTON AT 930 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 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 3933 10421 3933 10405 3913 10405 3913 10451 TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 239DEG 13KT 3914 10440 $$ GIMMESTAD
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS55 KBOU 200411 SVSBOU SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1011 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008 COC039-200420- /O.CAN.KBOU.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080620T0430Z/ ELBERT CO- 1010 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. AT 1008 PM THE STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF SIMLA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVES THROUGH SIMLA AND MATHESON OVER THE NEXT HALF HOUR. LAT...LON 3933 10421 3933 10405 3913 10405 3913 10451 TIME...MOT...LOC 0410Z 272DEG 28KT 3915 10416 $$ GIMMESTAD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 11:09 AM MDT, 10 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1109 AM MDT THU JUN 19 2008 COZ030>051-201200- JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/ SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/ EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 1109 AM MDT THU JUN 19 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AFTER A FEW EARLY MORNING THUNDERSTORMS...CLEARING SKIES WILL ALLOW STRONG SOLAR HEATING TO DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE SUFFICIENTLY TO PRODUCE AT LEAST ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE AND PALMER DIVIDE AFTER 3 PM TODAY. NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT SHOULD CARRY MOST OF THESE STORMS OVER AREAS MAINLY SOUTH AND WEST OF DENVER. UPSLOPING NORTHEAST WINDS...PRODUCED BY POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA LATE LAST NIGHT...WILL ALSO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL MOISTURE FOR THIS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER TODAY. WHEREAS THIS SAME NORTHEAST FLOW MAY ALSO STABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE ON THE PLAINS...THEREBY HINDERING THUNDERSTORM FORMATION OUT THERE. WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH...LIGHTNING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE RANGE AND PALMER DIVIDE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP MAY BE SEVERE ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. BAKER/ENTREKIN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 19, 9:31 PM MDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
931 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0901 PM HAIL SE AURORA 39.70N 104.81W
06/19/2008 M0.75 INCH ARAPAHOE CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0849 PM HAIL CROOK 40.86N 102.80W
06/19/2008 M0.75 INCH LOGAN CO CO-OP OBSERVER
1230 AM HAIL 9 NNE CROOK 40.98N 102.74W
06/19/2008 E2.00 INCH LOGAN CO TRAINED SPOTTER
LATE REPORT.
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CLBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 8:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 8:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 9:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick | 23 min |
| Jun 20, 11:37 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 38 min |
| Jun 20, 12:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 37 min |
| Jun 20, 1:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 3:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 5:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 46 min |
| Jun 20, 5:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 26 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.