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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

May 7, 2014Weld County, Colorado

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 7, 12:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2014-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 97 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 12:00Z on 2014-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

RJK
1 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

$$

RPK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 8:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUWeld29 min
May 6, 11:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUWeld52 min
May 6, 11:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld41 min
May 7, 1:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULarimer44 min
May 7, 1:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULarimer, Weld45 min
May 7, 1:51 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWeld24 min
May 7, 1:51 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWeld24 min
May 7, 2:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Washington49 min
May 7, 2:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld43 min
May 7, 2:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULarimer27 min
May 7, 2:39 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWeld36 min
May 7, 2:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULarimer34 min
May 7, 3:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULarimer45 min
May 7, 3:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld44 min
May 7, 3:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Morgan, Washington41 min
May 7, 3:27 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWeld33 min
May 7, 3:30 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWashington45 min
May 7, 3:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWashington48 min
May 7, 4:15 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWashington45 min
May 7, 4:26 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWeld34 min
May 7, 4:50 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULogan, Phillips, Washington40 min
May 7, 4:52 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUPhillips23 min
May 7, 4:57 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULogan, Sedgwick48 min
May 7, 5:10 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUPhillips35 min
May 7, 5:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUBroomfield43 min
May 7, 5:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUBroomfield36 min
May 7, 5:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUBoulder45 min
May 7, 5:30 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBOULogan, Phillips30 min
May 7, 5:38 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUPhillips, Sedgwick37 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.