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Special Weather Statement, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2014, 7:47 PM MDT for Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 43 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 18, 2014, 7:47 PM MDT (01:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2014, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
County Weld County, CO
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The text
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</html>What forecasters said that day
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 Jul 18, 5:39 PM MDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 5:39 PM MDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1019 AM MDT FRI JUL 18 2014 COZ030>051-191630- 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- 1019 AM MDT FRI JUL 18 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A DISTURBANCE IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL TRIGGER ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MID EVENING. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS LIMITED...SO MOST STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND JUST A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN. ON THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS... MAINLY IN SEDGWICK AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES...THERE IS MORE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY. THEREFORE...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THAT AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE REGION WILL ALLOW FOR A HOTTER AND DRIER AIRMASS TO SET UP OVER COLORADO. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE AVERAGE THROUGH THE OUTLOOK PERIOD. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BRIEF MODERATE RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. BARJENBRUCH/D_L
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 2:12 PM MDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
212 PM MDT FRI JUL 18 2014
COZ041-046-182045-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET CO-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY CO-
212 PM MDT FRI JUL 18 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN ELBERT COUNTY UNTIL
245 PM MDT...
AT 211 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
KIOWA...OR 36 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DENVER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELBERT...ELIZABETH...KIOWA AND PONDEROSA PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR SUDDEN GUSTY WINDS. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS AND MOVE TO A
SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3918 10465 3944 10465 3950 10419 3929 10413
3913 10421 3913 10440
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 280DEG 33KT 3932 10452
BAKERSpecial weather statement, Jul 18, 2:58 PM MDT, 4 hours 49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 7:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Weld | 36 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.