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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 26, 2012Douglas County, Jefferson County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2012, 5:23 PM MDT for Douglas County, Jefferson County, Colorado. It was in force for 22 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 26, 2012, 5:23 PM MDT (23:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2012, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Douglas County, CO, Jefferson County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 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 nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 2012-06-26Temperature 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 km15 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 2012-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 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
4991 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 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.

817 
WUUS55 KBOU 262323
SVRBOU
COC035-059-262345-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0073.120626T2323Z-120626T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
523 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
  NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 545 PM MDT

* AT 522 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 4 MILES SOUTH OF ROXBOROUGH
  PARK...OR 24 MILES SOUTH OF DENVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CASTLE
  PINES...SURREY RIDGE...SPRUCEWOOD...SOUTH PLATTE...SEDALIA...
  ROXBOROUGH PARK...PARKER...LOUVIERS...HIGHLANDS RANCH...CASTLE ROCK
  AND BEVERLY HILLS.

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 3956 10505 3956 10467 3925 10489 3933 10529
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 224DEG 23KT 3941 10503
WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.75IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Jefferson47 min

Nearby

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

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.