Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

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WWUS55 KBOU 232101
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
301 PM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

COC001-005-232110-
/O.EXP.KBOU.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-150523T2100Z/
ADAMS CO-ARAPAHOE CO-
301 PM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS AND EASTERN
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. 
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3957 10403 3957 10423 3968 10434 3991 10420
      3984 10394 3968 10398
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 205DEG 28KT 3967 10415 

$$

RJK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1033 AM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1033 AM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

ONLY CHANGES TO THE FORECAST WILL BE TO CLEAN OUT THE AREAS OF FOG
THAT DEVELOPED ON THE PLAINS THIS MORNING. HAVE ALREADY SEEN
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER PARK COUNTY THIS MORNING
WHICH IS TESTAMENT TO HOW UNSTABLE THE MID-LEVEL AIRMASS IS GOING
TO BE TODAY. STILL EXPECTING A ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL PRODUCE PROBLEMS
BECAUSE OF THE SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
PLAINS. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE QUICK TO DEVELOP SINCE MODEL
SOUNDINGS SHOW NO LOW LEVEL INVERSIONS TO ACT AS A CAP. STORM
MOTIONS SHOULD BE FAIRLY FAST...GIVEN THE MODERATE SOUTHERLY FLOW
AT MID LEVELS AND THE PRESENCE OF THE UPPER LEVEL JET ABOVE THAT.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT )
ISSUED AT 342 AM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER EASTERN UTAH WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY EASTWARD
THRU TONIGHT.  QG FIELDS SHOW MID LVL ASCENT THRU THE DAY INTO THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS.  MEANWHILE AT THE SFC LOW PRES WILL EXTEND FM
THE CNTRL MTNS INTO SERN CO WITH MAINLY SELY LOW LVL FLOW ACROSS THE
PLAINS.  WITH SELY LOW LVL FLOW A DENVER CYCLONE WILL PROBABLY DVLP
BY EARLY AFTN WITH A CONVERGENCE ZN OVER DENVER OR JUST TO THE EAST.

SHOULD SEE A GRADUAL INCREASE IN SHOWER AND TSTM DEVELOPMENT
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA BY MIDDAY WHICH WILL LINGER INTO THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS. AS FAR AS SVR POTENTIAL IT APPEARS HIGHS OVER NERN
CO MAY STAY MAINLY IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S WITH CAPES AROUND
1000 J/KG EXCEPT POSSIBLY OVER LINCOLN COUNTY WHERE THEY MAY REACH
AROUND 1500 J/KG. THERE WILL BE DECENT SHEAR SO EXPECT A FEW SVR
STORMS OVER THE PLAINS WITH MARGINAL LARGE HAIL AND A FEW
TORNADOES DUE TO LOW LCLS. MEANWHILE THERE WILL BE SOME POTENTIAL
FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE PLAINS SO WILL ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
DUE TO SATURATED SOILS AS A FEW LOCATIONS COULD SEE A FEW INCHES
OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.

FOR TONIGHT THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE CENTERED OVER WESTERN
COLORADO HOWEVER THE MID LVL ASCENT WILL GRADUALLY LIFT NORTH OF THE
AREA THIS EVENING WITH PCPN CHANCES DECREASING BY MIDNIGHT FM SW TO
NE. MAY SEE SOME FOG DVLP AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE PLAINS.

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 342 AM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

M.O.T.S...MUCH OF THE SAME BEST DESCRIBES THE DAILY WEATHER CYCLE
ANTICIPATED DURING THE UPCOMING WEEK. LET'S START WITH THE LARGE
SCALE FLOW PATTERN. MODELS SHOW UPPER TROUGHS REPEATEDLY FORMING
OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST...AND A CONTINUOUS FEED OF SUBTROPICAL
AIR UP INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST OR ONSHORE IN SRN CALIFORNIA
THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE FIRST OF THESE TROUGHS IS FORECAST TO
TRACK OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKY MTN REGION ON SUNDAY BRINGING COOLER
TEMPERATURES...SCATTERED SHOWERS...ISOLATED T-STORMS AND LIGHTER
WINDS TO THE FORECAST AREA. PROGGED 6-HR PRECIP AMOUNTS ON THE
ORDER OF 1/10TH TO 3/10TH INCH BY EVENING. SHEAR AND INSTABILITY
NOT AS GREAT AS THE DAY BEFORE DUE TO WEAKER FLOW AND COOLER
TEMPS. SO SEVERE WEATHER RISK WILL BE MUCH LOWER. MODELS LIFT THIS
TROUGH NEWRD OVER THE NRN GREAT PLAINS BY MONDAY MORNING WHICH
POSITIONS NERN COLORADO IN A SOMEWHAT DRIER AND WARMER NWLY FLOW
TO START THE DAY. BUT BY AFTERNOON MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY RETURN
WITH A PASSING MID-LEVEL DISTURBANCE...RESULTING IN ANOTHER ROUND
OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED T-STORMS MAINLY OVER AND NEAR
THE MTNS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HRS. ON TUESDAY MODELS SHOW
EVEN DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS WITH A PASSING SHORTWAVE RIDGE.
STILL STG DAYTIME HEATING AND RESIDUAL MOISTURE SHOULD BE ADEQUATE
TO PRODUCE SCATTERED AFTERNOON/EVENING SHOWERS/T-STORM IN THE HIGH
COUNTRY AND ISOLATED T-STORMS ON THE NEARBY PLAINS. NOTHING SEVERE
AND RAIN AMOUNTS SHOULD BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE.

BY WEDNESDAY...THE NEXT UPPER TROUGH SETTLES IN OVER THE GREAT
BASIN. AS IT DOES SO...STRENGTHENING SWLY FLOW OUT AHEAD OF IT PUMPS
MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR UP FROM THE DESERT SOUTHWEST POTENTIALLY
RESULTING IN ANOTHER ROUND OF SOAKING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HRS. SHOWER COVERAGE SHOULD BE MORE THAN
THE DAY BEFORE AND WITH MEAN LAYER SPECIFIC HUMIDITY ON THE
INCREASE...ODDS INCREASE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SWRN
PORTIONS OF THE CWA.

THURSDAY AND BEYOND...MODELS DIFFER SOME ON WHEN THE WESTERN
TROUGH SHIFTS EAST AND THE DEGREE OF IMPACT IT'LL HAVE ON THE
FORECAST AREA. MOST MODELS SHOW A COLD FRONT SLIPPING INTO NERN
COLORADO ERLY ON THURSDAY AND A FAIRLY MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW ON THE
PLAINS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. FOR NOW WILL HOLD OFF ON GOING HOG WILD
WITH PRECIP THURSDAY BUT WILL STILL HOLD ONTO A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS/T-STORMS FOR MOST AREAS...TOGETHER WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER
TEMPS. FRIDAY COULD POSSIBLY BE WETTER AND COOLER YET IF THE
MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE CORRECT...THE PRODUCT OF DEEP MOISTURE
WRAPPING AROUND A CLOSED LOW SPINNING OVER E-CNTRL COLORADO.
M.O.T.S.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 1033 AM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

FOG HAS CLEARED OUT OF THE AIRPORTS WITH THE STRATUS CLOUDS
LIFTING TO MVFR AND VFR CATEGORIES. A COUPLE ROUNDS OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. LARGE
HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL GENERALLY BE
MOVING IN A SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DIRECTION. AFTER THUNDERSTORMS
GET GOING SHORTLY AFTER NOON MDT...THEY MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EARLY EVENING.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
ISSUED AT 342 AM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

MAY SEE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE PLAINS
THIS AFTN INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS WITH SOME POTENTIAL FOR FLASH
FLOODING DUE TO SATURATED SOILS.  IN THE MTNS AND FOOTHILLS AMOUNTS
WILL AVERAGE FROM ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS
UP TO AN INCH IN A FEW LOCATIONS.

THE CACHE LA POUDRE AND SOUTH PLATTE RIVERS REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
IN WELD COUNTY AND ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF MORGAN COUNTY...AND
WILL STAY THAT WAY FOR ANOTHER DAY OR SO.

&&

.BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR COZ042-044>046-
048>051.

&&

UPDATE...DANKERS
SHORT TERM...RPK
LONG TERM...BAKER
AVIATION...DANKERS
HYDROLOGY...RPK

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1111 AM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

COZ030>051-241715-
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-
1111 AM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO
THIS AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER EASTERN UTAH TODAY WILL MOVE
SLOWLY INTO WESTERN COLORADO BY TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL COMBINE
WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO TO PRODUCE ANOTHER
ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST
COLORADO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH LARGE HAIL AND A FEW
TORNADOES. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES
OR LESS. WHEN THE HEAVY RAINS DEVELOP...FLASH FLOODING WILL
QUICKLY RESULT DUE TO THE SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS. PEOPLE
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL GENERALLY BE MOVING FROM SOUTH TO
NORTH...AND MULTIPLE WAVES OF STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SUBTLE DAY TO DAY TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION CHANCES ARE IN
STORE FOR THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE UPCOMING WEEK. SUNDAY AND
WEDNESDAY WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH PASSING WEATHER SYSTEMS. MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL BE DRIER AND
WARMER WITH A PASSING HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE. ALTHOUGH DAYTIME
HEATING AND RESIDUAL MOISTURE ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE SCATTERED
AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BOTH DAYS...
MAINLY OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. BY LATE IN THE WEEK...WETTER
AND COOLER CONDITIONS COULD RETURN WITH UPSLOPE FLOW AND A PASSING
PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL RANGE
FROM NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON.