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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 22, 2014Morgan County, Washington County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2014, 7:07 PM MDT for Morgan County, Washington County, Colorado. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2014, 7:07 PM MDT (01:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2014, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Morgan County, CO, Washington County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 7:07 PM MDTHAIL 1.5N Brush, COVERY HEAVY RAIN WITH HAIL

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 22, 5:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 117 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2220 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

351 
WUUS55 KBOU 230107
SVRBOU
COC087-121-230130-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0113.140623T0107Z-140623T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
707 PM MDT SUN JUN 22 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
  SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 730 PM MDT

* AT 706 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRUSH...OR 8
  MILES EAST OF FORT MORGAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FORT MORGAN...BRUSH...HILLROSE...TWELVE-MILE CORNER...GARY...
  SNYDER...WOODROW...ADENA SCHOOL AND MIDWAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 4033 10348 4026 10332 4015 10322 4004 10322
      3989 10338 3997 10370 4000 10371 4000 10381
      4001 10385 4012 10384 4021 10381 4037 10366
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 297DEG 38KT 4023 10364 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

RJK
1 follow-up statement
902 
WWUS55 KBOU 230127
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
727 PM MDT SUN JUN 22 2014

COC087-121-230137-
/O.EXP.KBOU.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-140623T0130Z/
WASHINGTON CO-MORGAN CO-
727 PM MDT SUN JUN 22 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM MDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 AM MDT
MONDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 4033 10348 4026 10332 4015 10322 4004 10322
      3989 10338 3997 10370 4000 10371 4000 10381
      4001 10385 4012 10384 4021 10381 4037 10366
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 297DEG 38KT 4023 10364 

$$

RJK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 6:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWashington27 min
Jun 22, 6:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Weld23 min
Jun 22, 6:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan29 min
Jun 22, 6:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan35 min
Jun 22, 7:08 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUMorgan97 min
Jun 22, 7:45 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOUMorgan3 hr
Jun 22, 8:12 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUWashington93 min
Jun 23, 3:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUArapahoe, Elbert35 min
Jun 23, 4:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Washington34 min
Jun 23, 4:40 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUElbert14 min
Jun 23, 4:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUDouglas, Jefferson29 min
Jun 23, 5:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULarimer, Weld23 min
Jun 23, 5:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld29 min
Jun 23, 5:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld16 min
Jun 23, 5:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.