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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

July 1, 2012Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2012, 5:42 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 63 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
Jul 1, 2012, 5:42 PM MDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2012, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lincoln County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 2012-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-533 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2946 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-8 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.

358 
WUUS55 KBOU 012342
SVRBOU
COC073-020045-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0080.120701T2342Z-120702T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
542 PM MDT SUN JUL 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

* UNTIL 645 PM MDT

* AT 541 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL...
  AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO ABOUT 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13
  MILES SOUTH OF BOYERO...OR 43 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIMON...MOVING    
  EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOYERO.

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 3898 10337 3899 10316 3869 10316 3868 10318
      3861 10317 3861 10334
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 267DEG 9KT 3875 10322
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$
2 follow-up statements
858 
WWUS55 KBOU 020021
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
621 PM MDT SUN JUL 1 2012

COC073-020045-
/O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-120702T0045Z/
LINCOLN CO-
621 PM MDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 621 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO ABOUT 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...OR 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIMON...MOVING
SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
WARNED COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HAIL...INTENSE RAIN AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

&&

LAT...LON 3873 10335 3873 10317 3869 10316 3868 10318
      3861 10317 3861 10334
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 004DEG 14KT 3861 10324
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$
161 
WWUS55 KBOU 020038
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
638 PM MDT SUN JUL 1 2012

COC073-020049-
/O.EXP.KBOU.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-120702T0045Z/
LINCOLN CO-
638 PM MDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM MDT...

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

LAT...LON 3873 10335 3873 10317 3869 10316 3868 10318
      3861 10317 3861 10334
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 004DEG 14KT 3854 10325

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 4:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULincoln, Washington28 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.