Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 12:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Teller | 25 min |
| Jun 2, 12:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Jefferson | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 1:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Jefferson | 95 min |
| Jun 2, 1:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Douglas | 37 min |
| Jun 2, 1:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Gilpin | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 2:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Jefferson | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 2:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Jun 2, 2:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 29 min |
| Jun 2, 2:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Denver, Jefferson | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 2:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 2:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 2:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 3:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 3:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 3:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 3:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 38 min |
| Jun 2, 3:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 4:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 4:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Logan | 48 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.