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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

August 15, 20104 counties in Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2010, 8:05 PM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 15, 2010, 8:05 PM MDT (02:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2010, 8:45 PM MDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Adams County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Weld County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 15, 3:10 PM MDT, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 3:10 PM MDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 11:06 AM MDT, 8 hours 59 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 4:35 PM MDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 11:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUPark50 min
Aug 15, 11:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUDouglas, Jefferson84 min
Aug 16, 1:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULarimer35 min
Aug 16, 1:55 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUArapahoe41 min
Aug 16, 2:04 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUElbert41 min
Aug 16, 2:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUElbert63 min
Aug 16, 3:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUElbert48 min
Aug 16, 3:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUMorgan50 min
Aug 16, 3:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan, Washington12 min
Aug 16, 3:57 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUMorgan33 min
Aug 16, 4:25 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULogan, Morgan, Weld29 min
Aug 16, 4:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULogan62 min
Aug 16, 5:39 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOULogan81 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.