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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 17, 2011Lincoln County, Washington County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2011, 3:08 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Washington County, Colorado. It was in force for 42 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 17, 2011, 3:08 PM MDT (21:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2011, 3:50 PM MDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lincoln County, CO, Washington County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 17, 12:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 39 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2011-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2011-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1450 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

575 
WUUS55 KBOU 172108
SVRBOU
COC073-121-172200-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0049.110617T2108Z-110617T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
308 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
  NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

* UNTIL 400 PM MDT

* AT 308 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL...
  AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO ABOUT 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 22
  MILES WEST OF THURMAN...OR 20 MILES NORTH OF LIMON...MOVING EAST AT
  25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THURMAN.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR THIS STORM AS 
IT CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER
AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 58 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

&&

LAT...LON 3947 10358 3951 10368 3966 10363 3972 10319
      3954 10315 3951 10315
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 264DEG 22KT 3955 10358
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$
1 follow-up statement
537 
WWUS55 KBOU 172150
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
350 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011

COC073-121-172200-
/O.CAN.KBOU.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110617T2200Z/
WASHINGTON CO-LINCOLN CO-
350 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO 
LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. STILL EXPECT GUSTY WINDS 
TO 40 MPH WITH THIS STORM AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST. 

LAT...LON 3947 10358 3951 10368 3966 10363 3972 10319
      3954 10315 3951 10315
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 264DEG 22KT 3957 10325

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 6:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan27 min
Jun 16, 6:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUDouglas36 min
Jun 16, 7:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUDouglas16 min
Jun 16, 7:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUArapahoe, Elbert31 min
Jun 16, 7:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULarimer, Weld40 min
Jun 16, 8:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Weld23 min
Jun 16, 8:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUAdams, Arapahoe42 min
Jun 16, 9:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUArapahoe, Elbert56 min
Jun 17, 12:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUArapahoe25 min
Jun 17, 12:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUArapahoe23 min
Jun 17, 1:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUArapahoe24 min
Jun 17, 1:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUArapahoe, Elbert39 min
Jun 17, 2:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUArapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Washington48 min
Jun 17, 3:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULincoln39 min
Jun 17, 3:46 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUElbert29 min
Jun 17, 4:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert, Lincoln50 min
Jun 17, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln19 min
Jun 17, 5:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULincoln26 min
Jun 17, 5:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln22 min

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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.