Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Issued

Jun 6, 2012, 11:02 PM MDT (05:02 UTC)

Expired

Jun 6, 2012, 11:45 PM MDT

In force

43 min

Issued by

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Area

Storm-based polygon

Hail

1.25 in

Wind

60.0 mph

Counties Arapahoe County, CO, Douglas County, CO

The Denver radar (KFTG), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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

251 
WUUS55 KBOU 070502
SVRBOU
COC005-035-070545-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0039.120607T0502Z-120607T0545Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1102 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
  SOUTHWESTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 1145 PM MDT

* AT 1102 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...
  AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO ABOUT 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  SURREY RIDGE...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF DENVER...ANOTHER STORM WAS     
  LOCATED SOUTH OF LITTLETON...BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT  
  10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SURREY
  RIDGE...PARKER...HIGHLANDS RANCH...GREENWOOD VILLAGE...
  CENTENNIAL...LITTLETON...SOUTHERN ENGLEWOOD AND SOUTHERN 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 3962 10466 3949 10469 3948 10507 3962 10504
TIME...MOT...LOC 0502Z 217DEG 20KT 3955 10486
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.25IN

$$

970 
WWUS55 KBOU 070511
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1111 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012

COC005-035-070545-
/O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120607T0545Z/
DOUGLAS CO-ARAPAHOE CO-
1111 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ARAPAHOE AND NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES...

AT 1111 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO ABOUT 60 MPH.  THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOXFIELD...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DENVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SURREY RIDGE...PARKER...HIGHLANDS RANCH...GREENWOOD VILLAGE...
CENTENNIAL...LITTLETON...SOUTHEASTERN ENGLEWOOD AND SOUTHERN 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 3962 10466 3949 10469 3948 10507 3962 10504
TIME...MOT...LOC 0511Z 217DEG 20KT 3959 10481
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

027 
WWUS55 KBOU 070541
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1141 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012

COC005-035-070551-
/O.EXP.KBOU.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120607T0545Z/
DOUGLAS CO-ARAPAHOE CO-
1141 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ARAPAHOE AND
NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1145 PM MDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3962 10466 3949 10469 3948 10507 3962 10504
TIME...MOT...LOC 0541Z 217DEG 20KT 3972 10468

$$

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.