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Special Weather Statement, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this special weather statement at Jun 15, 2012, 7:42 PM MDT for Phillips County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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 15, 2012, 7:42 PM MDT (01:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2012, 8:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
County Phillips County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3455 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 15, 6:17 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 6:17 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1034 AM MDT FRI JUN 15 2012 COZ030>051-161200- JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/ SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/ EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 1034 AM MDT FRI JUN 15 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND PLAINS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH. THE STORMS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORMS WITH RAINFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING... WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE. THIS WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER IN THE DAY. A FEW STORMS ACROSS THE PLAINS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL THE MAIN THREAT. DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AS THE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT INCREASES. THE GUSTY WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL ELEVATE THE FIRE DANGER...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND NEARBY NORTHERN PLAINS. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS A WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER ALL THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. RJK/D_L
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:41 PM MDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 541 PM MDT FRI JUN 15 2012 COZ049-160015- WASHINGTON COUNTY CO- 541 PM MDT FRI JUN 15 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 541 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF THURMAN...OR 36 MILES NORTHEAST OF LIMON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THURMAN... COPE...ARICKAREE SCHOOL AND ANTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS FROM THE STORM MAY PRODUCE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST. FURTHERMORE...THE WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS OUTDOOR PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. && LAT...LON 3978 10282 3958 10282 3957 10328 3979 10325 TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 264DEG 31KT 3964 10316
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:16 PM MDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 6:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Jun 15, 6:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Lincoln | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 6:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Lincoln | 25 min |
| Jun 15, 7:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Crowley | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 1:51 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Elbert | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 2:43 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Elbert | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 3:42 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Washington | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 3:58 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand and 6 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Park | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 1:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Park | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 1:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Jefferson, Park | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 1:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Douglas | 23 min |
| Jun 16, 1:53 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Jefferson | 82 min |
| Jun 16, 2:02 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand and 7 more | 30 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Douglas | 26 min |
| Jun 16, 2:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Douglas | 32 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.