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Special Weather Statement, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

July 19, 2015Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2015, 5:02 PM MDT for Lincoln 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 19, 2015, 5:02 PM MDT (23:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2015, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

County Lincoln County, CO

The radar

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 19, 3:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 3:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 10:42 AM MDT, 6 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1042 AM MDT SUN JUL 19 2015

COZ030>051-201645-
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-
1042 AM MDT SUN JUL 19 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS SPREADING ACROSS THE HIGH COUNTRY WILL INTENSIFY INTO
THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS MORNING...AND SPREAD TO THE PLAINS DURING
THE EARLY AND MID AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE AND THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. EXPECT
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. SOME SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY IN THE EVENING...EAST OF A
STERLING TO LIMON LINE WITH STRONGER WINDS AND LARGE HAIL
POSSIBLE. STORMS WILL END FROM THE WEST AFTER 9 PM TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SCATTERED LATE DAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SHOWERS WILL INITIATE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND
THEN MOVE OUT ONTO THE PLAINS. A DRIER AND WARMER WEATHER PATTERN
IS EXPECTED FROM THURSDAY INTO NEXT WEEKEND...SO ONLY A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE
MOUNTAINS. THE PLAINS WILL BE MOSTLY DRY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN
THE LOWER AND MID 90S.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:28 PM MDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
228 PM MDT SUN JUL 19 2015

COZ047-192115-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY CO-
228 PM MDT SUN JUL 19 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL
315 PM MDT...

AT 226 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES EAST OF PUNKIN CENTER...OR 29 MILES SOUTH OF LIMON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOYERO...KARVAL AND PUNKIN CENTER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE FOR SUDDEN STRONG AND GUSTY THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS.
SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS AND MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR
VEHICLE.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO MINOR
FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THIS STORM AND OTHER STORMS FORMING IN THE SAME AREA MAY
INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3861 10357 3882 10380 3911 10331 3910 10317
      3910 10316 3860 10318
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 245DEG 13KT 3884 10361

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:42 PM MDT, 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 5:02 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 6:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULincoln58 min
Jul 19, 2:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULincoln47 min
Jul 19, 2:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln14 min
Jul 19, 3:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln35 min
Jul 19, 4:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUElbert48 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.