Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2012, 7:43 PM MDT for Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 47 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 6, 2012, 7:43 PM MDT (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2012, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Weld County, CO
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 3:01 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 859 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2447 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
881 WUUS55 KBOU 070143 SVRBOU COC123-070230- /O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0033.120607T0143Z-120607T0230Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 743 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL WELD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO * UNTIL 830 PM MDT * AT 743 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL WELD COUNTY...OR 33 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREELEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE WARNED COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. && LAT...LON 4089 10421 4078 10400 4063 10418 4070 10434 TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 224DEG 13KT 4071 10423 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.50IN $$ BAKER
1 follow-up statement
492 WWUS55 KBOU 070221 SVSBOU SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 821 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 COC123-070230- /O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120607T0230Z/ WELD CO- 821 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL WELD COUNTY... AT 819 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GROVER... OR 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT MORGAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GROVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. && LAT...LON 4089 10421 4078 10400 4063 10418 4070 10434 TIME...MOT...LOC 0219Z 224DEG 13KT 4080 10411 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ BAKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 6:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 6:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 6:30 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 90 min |
| Jun 6, 6:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 7:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 7:16 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 7:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 7:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 7:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 33 min |
| Jun 6, 7:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 7:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 8:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Douglas | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 8:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Douglas | 92 min |
| Jun 6, 8:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 8:37 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Douglas | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 8:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Denver | 52 min |
| Jun 6, 9:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 9:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 9:53 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Larimer | 82 min |
| Jun 6, 10:25 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 10:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 11:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 11:30 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Douglas | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 11:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Denver, Jefferson | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 11:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Denver, Jefferson | 25 min |
| Jun 7, 12:16 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, Jefferson | 44 min |
| Jun 7, 12:30 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Arapahoe, Denver, Jefferson | 90 min |
| Jun 7, 12:52 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Denver, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 12:56 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas | 33 min |
| Jun 7, 1:39 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Jefferson | 7 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:43 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 10:47 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert | 13 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan, Weld | 53 min |
| Jun 7, 4:25 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Larimer and 2 more | 23 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe | 39 min |
| Jun 7, 5:06 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe | 24 min |
| Jun 7, 5:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan | 51 min |
| Jun 7, 5:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 32 min |
| Jun 7, 5:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Washington, Weld | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 5:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 36 min |
| Jun 7, 5:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe | 31 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.