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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 24, 2016Morgan County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2016, 7:07 PM MDT for Morgan County, Colorado. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2016, 7:07 PM MDT (01:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2016, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Morgan County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 7:16 PM MDTHAIL 1.53 Nw Snyder, COTREE DAMAGE WAS ALSO EXPERIENCED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 2016-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 71 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
71 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2992 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

895 
WUUS55 KBOU 250107
SVRBOU
COC087-250130-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0101.160625T0107Z-160625T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
707 PM MDT FRI JUN 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 730 PM MDT

* AT 706 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRUSH...OR 6
  MILES EAST OF FORT MORGAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
  FORT MORGAN...BRUSH...HILLROSE AND SNYDER. 

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 4052 10347 4026 10347 4016 10379 4031 10380
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 229DEG 29KT 4030 10368 

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

COOPER
2 follow-up statements
913 
WWUS55 KBOU 250121
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
721 PM MDT FRI JUN 24 2016

COC087-250130-
/O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-160625T0130Z/
MORGAN CO-
721 PM MDT FRI JUN 24 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY...

AT 721 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF
SNYDER...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT MORGAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 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...
BRUSH...HILLROSE AND SNYDER. 

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 4052 10347 4026 10347 4021 10371 4035 10374
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 221DEG 25KT 4038 10360 

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

COOPER
962 
WWUS55 KBOU 250132
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
732 PM MDT FRI JUN 24 2016

COC087-250142-
/O.EXP.KBOU.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-160625T0130Z/
MORGAN CO-
732 PM MDT FRI JUN 24 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY
RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4052 10347 4026 10347 4021 10371 4035 10374
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 229DEG 29KT 4038 10360 

$$

COOPER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 1:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUDouglas48 min
Jun 25, 1:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUDouglas25 min
Jun 25, 2:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUDouglas27 min
Jun 25, 2:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUDouglas45 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.