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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 2, 2012Morgan County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2012, 3:47 PM MDT for Morgan County, Colorado. It was in force for 43 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 2, 2012, 3:47 PM MDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2012, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Morgan County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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 2, 2:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 45 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.

780 
WUUS55 KBOU 022147
SVRBOU
COC087-022230-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0022.120602T2147Z-120602T2230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 430 PM MDT

* AT 347 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO
  ABOUT 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GARY...
  OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF FORT MORGAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

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 4024 10370 4024 10348 4001 10348 4000 10372
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 222DEG 10KT 4003 10367
WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.75IN

$$
2 follow-up statements
291 
WWUS55 KBOU 022206
SVSBOU

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

COC087-022230-
/O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120602T2230Z/
MORGAN CO-
406 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY...

AT 406 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO
ABOUT 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF GARY...OR 16
MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT MORGAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GARY.

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 4024 10370 4024 10348 4001 10348 4000 10372
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 222DEG 10KT 4008 10362
WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.75IN

$$
130 
WWUS55 KBOU 022228
SVSBOU

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

COC087-022238-
/O.EXP.KBOU.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120602T2230Z/
MORGAN CO-
428 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM MDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 4024 10370 4024 10348 4001 10348 4000 10372
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 222DEG 10KT 4013 10357

$$

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, 3:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert, Lincoln38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.