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Mesoscale Discussion 1615

August 25, 201417 counties in Colorado

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 25, 2014, 2:37 PM MDT for 17 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 25, 2014, 2:37 PM MDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 2014, 4:30 PM MDT
In force: 113 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Teller County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 477Aug 25, 4:20 PM MDT

The text

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

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 25, 4:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Crowley, Douglas, Elbert, El Paso and 6 more	6 hr

Nearby

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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.