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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 22, 2012Logan County, Washington County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2012, 3:35 PM MDT for Logan County, Washington County, Colorado. It was in force for 17 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 22, 2012, 3:35 PM MDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2012, 3:52 PM MDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Logan County, CO, Washington County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 2012-06-22Temperature 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 2012-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 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.

107 
WUUS55 KBOU 222135
SVRBOU
COC075-121-222230-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0069.120622T2135Z-120622T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
335 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
  SOUTH CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 430 PM MDT

* AT 335 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 4 MILES NORTH OF MIDWAY...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF AKRON...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PREWITT
  RESERVOIR AND MIDWAY.

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 4047 10338 4050 10313 4025 10302 4021 10341
      4036 10343
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 221DEG 15KT 4029 10338
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$
1 follow-up statement
685 
WWUS55 KBOU 222152
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
352 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

COC075-121-222202-
/O.CAN.KBOU.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-120622T2230Z/
WASHINGTON CO-LOGAN CO-
352 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LOGAN AND NORTH
CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4047 10338 4050 10313 4025 10302 4021 10341
      4036 10343
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 221DEG 15KT 4034 10332

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 4:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan, Weld27 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.