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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 24, 2015Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2015, 7:19 PM MDT for Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 14 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
Jun 24, 2015, 7:19 PM MDT (01:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2015, 7:33 PM MDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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 nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 2015-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2015-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -135 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2128 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-161 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.

142 
WUUS55 KBOU 250119
SVRBOU
COC039-073-250200-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0113.150625T0119Z-150625T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
719 PM MDT WED JUN 24 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
  EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 800 PM MDT

* AT 717 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF LIMON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LIMON AND GENOA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3927 10393 3940 10386 3939 10348 3919 10352
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 274DEG 22KT 3932 10382 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

COOPER
1 follow-up statement
387 
WWUS55 KBOU 250133
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
733 PM MDT WED JUN 24 2015

COC039-073-250143-
/O.CAN.KBOU.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-150625T0200Z/
LINCOLN CO-ELBERT CO-
733 PM MDT WED JUN 24 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN AND
EASTERN ELBERT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL....
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3927 10393 3940 10386 3939 10348 3919 10352
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 274DEG 22KT 3931 10369 

$$

TH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 6:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUBoulder41 min
Jun 24, 6:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUBoulder92 min
Jun 24, 7:19 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Denver3 hr
Jun 24, 8:22 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningBOUAdams21 hr
Jun 24, 8:22 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningBOUWeld44 hr
Jun 25, 3:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld48 min
Jun 25, 4:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Weld46 min
Jun 25, 4:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe49 min
Jun 25, 5:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUDouglas, Elbert40 min
Jun 25, 5:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUDouglas, Elbert45 min
Jun 25, 5:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert42 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.