Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

April 11, 2012Adams County, Arapahoe County, Denver County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 2012, 4:44 PM MDT for Adams County, Arapahoe County, Denver County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 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
Apr 11, 2012, 4:44 PM MDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2012, 5:11 PM MDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Denver County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2012-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 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 2012-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-468 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
724 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

272 
WUUS55 KBOU 112244
SVRBOU
COC001-005-031-112330-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0001.120411T2244Z-120411T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
444 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
  WESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
  WESTERN DENVER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 530 PM MDT

* AT 444 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 
  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ENGLEWOOD...OR 7 MILES
  SOUTH OF DENVER...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHERIDAN...
  GREENWOOD VILLAGE...BARR LAKE...WESTERN CENTENNIAL...THORNTON...
  EASTERN NORTHGLENN...NORTHERN LITTLETON...ENGLEWOOD...CENTRAL
  DENVER...COMMERCE CITY AND WESTERN AURORA.

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 3996 10496 3996 10473 3958 10489 3958 10504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 202DEG 24KT 3963 10497
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.25IN

$$
1 follow-up statement
696 
WWUS55 KBOU 112311
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
511 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012

COC001-005-031-112319-
/O.CAN.KBOU.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120411T2330Z/
ARAPAHOE CO-ADAMS CO-DENVER CO-
511 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN DENVER...WESTERN ADAMS
AND SOUTHWESTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND HAS BEEN 
REPLACED WITH A TORNADO WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FOR 
NORTHWESTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY...WESTERN ADAMS COUNTY AND EASTERN 
DENVER COUNTY...UNTIL 530 PM MDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LAT...LON 3996 10496 3996 10473 3958 10489 3958 10504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 202DEG 24KT 3978 10489

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 4:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Denver32 min
Apr 11, 5:06 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Denver24 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.