Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2012, 5:59 PM MDT for Arapahoe County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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 7, 2012, 5:59 PM MDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2012, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Arapahoe County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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 7, 11:46 AM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 1398 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
462 WUUS55 KBOU 072359 SVRBOU COC005-080030- /O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0047.120607T2359Z-120608T0030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 559 PM MDT THU JUN 7 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO * UNTIL 630 PM MDT * AT 559 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO ABOUT 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF DEER TRAIL...OR 34 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIMON...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DEER TRAIL AND BYERS. 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. && LAT...LON 3973 10396 3957 10396 3956 10427 3972 10425 TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 250DEG 16KT 3961 10411 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$
2 follow-up statements
857 WWUS55 KBOU 080010 SVSBOU SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 610 PM MDT THU JUN 7 2012 COC005-080030- /O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120608T0030Z/ ARAPAHOE CO- 610 PM MDT THU JUN 7 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR EASTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY... AT 609 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO ABOUT 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF DEER TRAIL...OR 33 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIMON...MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH AT 5 MPH. LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DEER TRAIL AND BYERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. && LAT...LON 3973 10396 3957 10396 3956 10427 3972 10425 TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 250DEG 16KT 3960 10410 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$
366 WWUS55 KBOU 080030 RRA SVSBOU SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 630 PM MDT THU JUN 7 2012 COC005-080041- /O.EXP.KBOU.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120608T0030Z/ ARAPAHOE CO- 630 PM MDT THU JUN 7 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3973 10396 3957 10396 3956 10427 3972 10425 TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 250DEG 16KT 3960 10409 $$
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, 7:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 47 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 |
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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.