Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2014, 4:00 PM MDT for Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 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
- May 7, 2014, 4:00 PM MDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2014, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 12:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
316
WUUS55 KBOU 072200
SVRBOU
COC123-072230-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0013.140507T2200Z-140507T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
400 PM MDT WED MAY 7 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL WELD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 430 PM MDT
* AT 400 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KERSEY...OR
7 MILES EAST OF GREELEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EASTERN GREELEY...EVANS...EATON...KERSEY...GALETON...LUCERNE...GILL
AND BARNESVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4027 10462 4049 10477 4067 10445 4042 10434
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 231DEG 22KT 4041 10461
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
RJK1 follow-up statement
216
WWUS55 KBOU 072213
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
413 PM MDT WED MAY 7 2014
COC123-072230-
/O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140507T2230Z/
WELD CO-
413 PM MDT WED MAY 7 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL WELD COUNTY...
AT 413 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GILL...OR 12
MILES EAST OF GREELEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EASTERN GREELEY...EVANS...EATON...KERSEY...GALETON...LUCERNE...GILL
AND BARNESVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4027 10462 4049 10477 4067 10445 4042 10434
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 229DEG 23KT 4047 10452
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RPKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 8:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Weld | 29 min |
| May 6, 11:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Weld | 52 min |
| May 6, 11:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 41 min |
| May 7, 1:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Larimer | 44 min |
| May 7, 1:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 45 min |
| May 7, 1:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 24 min |
| May 7, 1:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 24 min |
| May 7, 2:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Washington | 49 min |
| May 7, 2:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 43 min |
| May 7, 2:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer | 27 min |
| May 7, 2:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 36 min |
| May 7, 2:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer | 34 min |
| May 7, 3:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer | 45 min |
| May 7, 3:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 44 min |
| May 7, 3:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan, Washington | 41 min |
| May 7, 3:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 33 min |
| May 7, 3:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 45 min |
| May 7, 3:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 48 min |
| May 7, 4:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 45 min |
| May 7, 4:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 34 min |
| May 7, 4:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Phillips, Washington | 40 min |
| May 7, 4:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips | 23 min |
| May 7, 4:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Sedgwick | 48 min |
| May 7, 5:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips | 35 min |
| May 7, 5:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Broomfield | 43 min |
| May 7, 5:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Broomfield | 36 min |
| May 7, 5:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder | 45 min |
| May 7, 5:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Phillips | 30 min |
| May 7, 5:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 37 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.