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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 2, 2012Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2012, 3:37 PM MDT for Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2012, 3:37 PM MDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2012, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 2, 3:40 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 601 S Cedar Point, CO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 2, 2:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 2012-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 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.

348 
WUUS55 KBOU 022137
SVRBOU
COC039-073-022215-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0021.120602T2137Z-120602T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
337 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
  EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

* UNTIL 415 PM MDT

* AT 336 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS 
  UP TO ABOUT 60 MPH.  THIS LINE WAS LOCATED FROM WEST OF LIMON TO   
  WEST OF KUTCH AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LIMON AND
  KUTCH.

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 3956 10386 3955 10349 3889 10354 3888 10388
      3914 10386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 233DEG 2KT 3910 10375
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN

$$
2 follow-up statements
565 
WWUS55 KBOU 022151
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
351 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012

COC039-073-022215-
/O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120602T2215Z/
LINCOLN CO-ELBERT CO-
351 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT
FOR EASTERN ELBERT AND CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTIES...

AT 351 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS   
UP TO ABOUT 60 MPH.  THIS LINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LIMON TO EAST OF KUTCH 
AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.


LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LIMON AND KUTCH.

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 3956 10386 3955 10349 3889 10354 3888 10388
      3914 10386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 233DEG 2KT 3911 10374
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN

$$
795 
WWUS55 KBOU 022213
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
413 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012

COC039-073-022223-
/O.EXP.KBOU.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120602T2215Z/
LINCOLN CO-ELBERT CO-
413 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ELBERT AND CENTRAL
LINCOLN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM MDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3956 10386 3955 10349 3889 10354 3888 10388
      3914 10386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 233DEG 2KT 3912 10373

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 12:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUTeller25 min
Jun 2, 12:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUJefferson34 min
Jun 2, 1:25 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUJefferson95 min
Jun 2, 1:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUDouglas37 min
Jun 2, 1:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUGilpin35 min
Jun 2, 2:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUJefferson30 min
Jun 2, 2:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUJefferson36 min
Jun 2, 2:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUDouglas, Elbert29 min
Jun 2, 2:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUArapahoe, Denver, Jefferson40 min
Jun 2, 2:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Denver40 min
Jun 2, 2:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUArapahoe, Elbert31 min
Jun 2, 2:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe40 min
Jun 2, 3:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Elbert42 min
Jun 2, 3:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Morgan52 min
Jun 2, 3:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWashington46 min
Jun 2, 3:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan43 min
Jun 2, 3:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan48 min
Jun 2, 4:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWashington42 min
Jun 2, 4:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULogan48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.